All anyone would need to do to prove to Joe that they bought his art is say "Hey Joe, you pedo fuck, I just had my basement refinished. Here is a picture of what it looks like now." Then they can just pull out a smart phone with a picture of some room with his crackhead son's "art" hanging in it. Now the bribe can be connected to the "art connoisseur."
In fact, they wouldn't even have to show a picture. They could just say, "I bought art number 7." People who lie about stuff like that tend to get suicided pretty quickly.
It'd probably be something like the buyers spouse inviting a designated bribe facilitator over for dinner and pointing out their new art piece.
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