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to Steve Martin, the actor “A Pedigree with Pull,” NYT, November 9, 2001.

“given the Forbes provenance” Ibid.

over the objections of Kip “Forbes Dynasty Split by £25M Art Sale,” Sunday Times (United Kingdom), January 26, 2003; “Forbes Unloads Treasures,” New York Daily News, February 19, 2003. Forbes denies that he objected to the sale.

“Spotting Fakes” Forbes, December 24, 2001.

“In Vino Falsitas” forbes.com, May 26, 2003.

“Château Faux” forbes.com, June 19, 2006.

had turned out to be a forgery “Fake Art Moves from Gallery to Internet,” Maine Antique Digest, July 2000.

“Blunders of the World” Times (of London), August 20, 2005.

“We are ready to set the record” “Auctions,” NYT, January 11, 1991.

which had gotten its estimate “The Adventures of an Incorrigible Hypemeister in the Wine Trade,” New York Observer, November 21, 1994.

he had lowered its valuation “We Hear…,” New York Post, September 11, 2002.

“to help raise money for tsunami relief” “1787 Bordeaux Reserve Up for Bid to Aid Tsunami Relief,” AScribe Newswire, January 28, 2005.

red outsold white A.C. Nielsen data, cited by the Wine Institute, April 5, 2005.

Wine Spectator’s paid circulation “Wine Spectator Celebrates 30 Years,” WS, April 30, 2006.

a circulation of 250,000 “Cigar Aficionado Rolls Blunt Jordan Interview,” Folio, July 13, 2005.

Despite having pruned his cellar “Unlocking the Cellar, Quenching the Thirst,” NYT, May 2, 1999.

Latour at his third wedding “28-Story Mast to Be Visible for Miles,” Palm Beach Post, February 20, 2005.

while admitting he hadn’t read many “Unlocking the Cellar…,” NYT, May 2, 1999.

saw a couples therapist “Lowlife Behavior Alleged in Palm Beach Divorce,” Palm Beach Post, October 24, 2000.

checking into rehab “How Angela Outslicked Oilman Ex,” New York Post, February 20, 2001.

hired a team of MIT scientists “Captain America 3,” Sports Illustrated, April 20, 1992.

promised to include at least one “Koch at the MFA,” Greater Boston TV, August 9, 2005.

“My brother Charles collects money” “Shopping with William I. Koch,” NYT, February 5, 2004.

thirteen silver decadrachms “Turkey, Investors Fighting Over Ancient Coins,” APWorldstream, February 14, 1994.

“bought a Mercedes” “The Case of the Contested Coins,” NYT, September 24, 1998.

in exchange for a plaque “People,” International Herald Tribune, March 6, 1999.

subpoenaed his eighty-two-year-old mother “The Curse on the Koch Brothers,” Fortune, February 17, 1997.

When he had expelled his mistress “Koch Kiss-Off: Hi, I love you—you’re evicted,” Boston Globe, October 18, 1995.

“[threatening] to beat his whole family” “Lowlife Behavior Alleged in Palm Beach Divorce,” Palm Beach Post, October 24, 2000; “The Things Bill Koch Really Loves,” Boston Globe, August 9, 2005.

restraining order Ibid.

willingness to introspect in public “Wild Bill Koch,” Vanity Fair, June 1994.

“X-rated Protestant princess” “Eviction Style of Very Rich Titillates Boston,” Philadelphia Inquirer, November 23, 1995.

“My body parts are like moist orchids” “Look who’s talking dirty,” Sunday Times (London), December 3, 1995.

Alex Beam was especially caustic “The Things Bill Koch Really Loves,” Boston Globe, August 9, 2005; “Koch Kiss-Off: Hi, I love you—you’re evicted,” Boston Globe, October 18, 1995.

With Koch talking about a lawsuit “Libel in the Air?”, Boston Phoenix, September 13, 2005.

groveling editor’s note Boston Globe, September 22, 2005.

“would make Dallas and Dynasty” “Build Your Own Playpen,” New England Business, September 1988.

private detectives and wiretaps “Wild Bill Koch,” Vanity Fair, June 1994.

stolen garbage bags “Captain America 3,” Sports Illustrated, April 20, 1992.

“perhaps the nastiest family feud” “The Curse on the Koch Brothers,” Fortune, February 17, 1997.

blew the whistle on their alleged theft Ibid.

“You just can’t get a good bottle of wine” “The Jefferson Bottles,” The New Yorker, September 3 & 10, 2007.

had programmed his cell phone to ring Ibid.

A lower-tech exam “Wine Lover’s Nose for Fakery…,” Wall Street Journal, September 1, 2006; “Entkorkt! Der grosse Weinschwindel,” Stern, no. 12 (2007).

Elroy had been running his fingers “The Jefferson Bottles,” The New Yorker, September 3 & 10, 2007.

a ham-fisted play “Wild Bill Koch,” Vanity Fair, June 1994.

“a very impressive fake” Complaint, William I. Koch vs. Hardy Rodenstock, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 11.

although Forbes wanted to Author interview with Brad Goldstein, September 1, 2006.

Gisbert appeared to share Welt am Sonntag, May 21, 2000; “Jahrgang gehört auf Kapsel,” Vinum, no. 9 (2004).

Koch’s investigators interviewed … Tina York “The Jefferson Bottles,” The New Yorker, September 3 & 10, 2007.

spent more than $1 million “Wine Lover’s Nose for Fakery…,” Wall Street Journal, September 1, 2006.

Rodenstock said that even if the bottles were fake Ibid.

He said he had bought the bottles without “World’s most expensive bottle claimed fake as renowned collector sued,” decanter.com, September 6, 2006.

Rodenstock bought one E-mail from Ulrich Sautter to author, October 10, 2006.

“a neurotic maniac” E-mail from Mario Scheuermann to author, September 4, 2006.

“The oak tree is not concerned” “Wer ist die Flasche” (caption), Bunte, no. 40 (2006).

“I should perhaps have smelled a rat” “Rodenstock accused,” jancisrobinson.com, September 6, 2006.

now stated that he had always been skeptical “Wine Lover’s Nose for Fakery…,” Wall Street Journal, September 1, 2006.

“Our position… is that we made it clear” E-mail from Browett to author, September 6, 2006.

“I don’t think that anyone would have bought” E-mail from Browett to author, December 7, 2005.

“Looking back, more questions” “Wine Lover’s Nose for Fakery…,” Wall Street Journal, September 1, 2006.

“among whose number I am lucky to count myself” JMB, Vintage Wine, 110.

“we can confirm that the engraving” Fax from JMB to author, November 14, 2006.

a Christie’s spokesman disavowed E-mail from Toby Usnik to author, November 14, 2006.

“cathartic” “Comments on the Rodenstock Affair,” jancisrobinson.com, September 7, 2006.

“fortune and some visionary wine men” “The power of one,” Decanter, May 1, 2001.