Featured Fake antiquities warning sites.

Discussion in 'Antique Discussion' started by Any Jewelry, Aug 31, 2021.

  1. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Moderators, can this be pinned?

    There are several websites and pages devoted to alerting the public to fake antiquities and fakes dealers.
    Antiquities are not regular antiques, but items from ancient history, like Ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt, Bactria, Indus Valley, etc.

    The following site is extremely important, it has a wealth of information on many items and types of materials, and good links:

    http://www.collector-antiquities.co...ebusters-and-other-websites-about-fakery.html

    Some useful pages from the site:

    http://www.collector-antiquities.com/real-or-fake/fakes-and-forgeries-in-classical-pottery.html
    https://www.collector-antiquities.com/real-or-fake/fake-ancient-glass/


    Other useful websites:

    https://heliosgallery.com/antiquities/tips-on-collecting/

    https://ancientartifakes.net/smf/

    http://augustuscoins.com/ed/fakesellers.html

    https://ancientartifakes.net/smf/index.php/topic,1227.msg5681.html#msg5681

    http://www.olafsprenger.de/faked-or-authentic.html

    http://www.seal-collector.de/fakes-on-ebay.html

    https://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/matwis/amat/iss/kap_b/illustr/ib_1_3.html
    (Fake Luristan swords)

    If anyone knows of good websites that I haven't posted, please add them to this thread.
    Thank you, and "let's be careful out there".;)
     
    Last edited: Aug 31, 2021
  2. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    It's great that there's people out there putting their time into fighting the good fight and shaming such sellers

    They obviously know what they are talking about, and I bet seeing such fakery exist must make their blood boil
     
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  3. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    It just makes me sad that people will buy from these sellers in good faith. Unfortunately, good faith doesn't work in some fields, and antiquities especially is a minefield.

    This link to an article which I posted in your 'Egyptian' thread can be useful too, to see how some fakes are mass produced:

    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/manhattan-dealer-busted-selling-hundreds-fake-cookie-cutter-antiquities-says-manhattan-d-2002850?utm_content=from_artnetnews2&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EUR August 27 AM&utm_term=EUR Daily Newsletter [MORNING]

    This also serves as a warning to buyers when sellers use this New York dealer as 'provenance', which I have seen in auctions.
     
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  4. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

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  5. Darkwing Manor

    Darkwing Manor Well-Known Member

    Granted, you must have a vivid imagination to be an archeologist. The theory pioneers are always subject to ridicule, but that's how we get a shift in paradigms. I remember when the first archeologists remarked on the celestial alignments of ancient structures... now it is taken for granted in most pre-historic sites...
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  6. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    True. And you have to start somewhere. As long as that start isn't set in stone (so to speak :D).
     
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  7. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    Love it, AJ
     
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  8. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Thanks, Bakers, @charlie cheswick 's Egyptian thread inspired me to post the sites I have collected for my own reference. I thought it would be useful, also regarding future queries.:)
     
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  9. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Forgot to say thank you to @i need help for pinning this thread.:)

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  10. cxgirl

    cxgirl Well-Known Member

    ain't that the truth - thanks for posting these links AJ, looks like some interesting reading:)
     
  11. silvia

    silvia New Member

     
  12. silvia

    silvia New Member

    Thank you so much for sharing such valuable information!
     
  13. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    You're welcome, Sylvia, and thank you for looking. I hope it helps people.
     
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  14. DrPam

    DrPam Active Member

    So true, so true! During my schooling if we couldn’t determine an excavated object’s use we’d opine that it was “of ceremonial significance”.
     
  15. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    ;)
     
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  16. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    So you'd have Ceremonial Cat Toys in addition to the thuribles and Torah yods?
     
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  17. DrPam

    DrPam Active Member

    :)
     
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  18. AnthonyConstantinouCWM

    AnthonyConstantinouCWM Anthony Constantinou CEO CWM FX

    Cheers, I already saw some of them. Thanks for updating here, many of us will be aware of them. Antiques are our heart and we can't bear fake
     
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  19. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Exactly. If you know of any other useful sites, please feel free to add them here.:)
     
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  20. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

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