The Newfound Pollocks: Real Or Fake?

Kelly Devine Thomas writes about the differences of opinion among the experts over the authenticity of 32 newly discovered works said to be by the artist + other viewpoints @ http://artnews.com/issues/article.asp?art_id=1888

This reminds me of colored stone grading + diamond grading + origin determination by reputed gem testing/grading labs. Despite using nearly the same standards + equipments, the experts can't agree + they give you different grades or misidentify the provenance, for instance, in the case of rubies, blue sapphires and emeralds. At times you ask yourself: can you trust the labs? What are the options? Very few. To me, gems and paintings are twins. They both have the same concepts and characters + perceived value, beauty, rarity and deception.