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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 302703, member: 2844"]And it is the easiest thing in the world to recognize resin snuff bottles. Famous auction houses employ experts who have studied art history, materials, etc. I don't understand it at all. </p><p><br /></p><p>When I started collecting, I bought a stack of second hand books on famous collections, like the Hugh Moss book on the collection of the marquess of Exeter. It is still one of my reference books. And I studied the materials, the natural wear and aging. If I can do it, the experts of famous auction houses certainly can.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 302703, member: 2844"]And it is the easiest thing in the world to recognize resin snuff bottles. Famous auction houses employ experts who have studied art history, materials, etc. I don't understand it at all. When I started collecting, I bought a stack of second hand books on famous collections, like the Hugh Moss book on the collection of the marquess of Exeter. It is still one of my reference books. And I studied the materials, the natural wear and aging. If I can do it, the experts of famous auction houses certainly can.[/QUOTE]
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