Taylor Swift’s former neighbor sentenced to two months in prison for selling fake artworks by Picasso, Warhol, and more

Christine Oaklander poses outside the federal courthouse in Reading holding a scan of a fake Keith Haring artwork fraudulently sold to her by Carter Reese. Read more Jesse Bunch

by Jesse Bunch Published Sept. 12, 2025, 3:15 p.m. ET

When Christine Oaklander met Carter P. Reese in 2019, the Allentown art dealer and historian was taken by his well-spoken charm, elite educational pedigree, and vast collection of artworks and antiques.

Reese — whose distinguished reputation in the Reading area includes being Taylor Swift’s former next door neighbor and once owning her childhood home in Berks County — saw an easy mark in Oaklander and persuaded her to invest $47,000 in an eclectic group of drawings that included works from Pablo Picasso, Keith Haring, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, am