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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4299674, member: 2844"]So is the Indus Valley vessel.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Antiquities is a field you'd best stay away from. Most items on auction or for sale are fake.</p><p>I follow the Catawiki antiquities auctions every week, just for a laugh. I first noticed the auctions because I collect kohl bottles, and the ones on offer are mostly 'Ancient Bactrian Bronzes' (<u>not</u>). Since then, looking at the fake auction listings has been one of my covid home isolation diversions.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A case which I have followed for years is that of a 'reputable' New York antiquities dealer. I was hugely satisfied by the outcome, although they took their time.</p><p>Enjoy:<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="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%20August%2027%20AM&utm_term=EUR%20Daily%20Newsletter%20%5BMORNING%5D" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="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%20August%2027%20AM&utm_term=EUR%20Daily%20Newsletter%20%5BMORNING%5D" rel="nofollow">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]</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4299674, member: 2844"]So is the Indus Valley vessel.:arghh: Antiquities is a field you'd best stay away from. Most items on auction or for sale are fake. I follow the Catawiki antiquities auctions every week, just for a laugh. I first noticed the auctions because I collect kohl bottles, and the ones on offer are mostly 'Ancient Bactrian Bronzes' ([U]not[/U]). Since then, looking at the fake auction listings has been one of my covid home isolation diversions.:hilarious: A case which I have followed for years is that of a 'reputable' New York antiquities dealer. I was hugely satisfied by the outcome, although they took their time. Enjoy:;) [URL='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%20August%2027%20AM&utm_term=EUR%20Daily%20Newsletter%20%5BMORNING%5D']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][/URL][/QUOTE]
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