Artworld Market, the editor of the newly-created SLART magazine, warns in his first distributed article of a new form of fraud in SL: the selling of unlimited limited editions.

As I have reported in the past, the growing artists' colonies of SL, are bringing with them real life conventions, including the convention of producing limited editions. Whether by deliberate deceit or clueless new avatar mistake, some of the art purporting to be limited edition is not, in fact limited.

For an experienced avatar it isn't too hard to work out, and like many SL-based frauds, it is just a question of knowing what to look out for ... in this case, checking whether the art is set to sell you its contents or a copy, should be enough.

If you are interested in SLART magazine, search for SLART in the groups list, and you will find an open enrollment list on which to be kept informed. The magazine is due to open with a debut issue in March 2007.