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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 221573, member: 25"]These boards remind me strongly of some repro antique paintings from the far east that were quite common around 15 to 20 years ago. They were of such Dutch school scenes, in fancy rococo gilt frames, backed with stuck down paper that had been given an aged appearance. Around the same time there was a flood of English school farmyard scenes on canvas with faked artist supply and framers labels o the back. They were reasonably convincing seen in isolation and popped up at salerooms all over the place.</p><p><br /></p><p>The big eye opener was the Newark antiques fair where these were being wholesaled to the trade. It was very easy when looking at dozens of the pictures, to identify the characteristics that betrayed the origin. The frames and paper backiings were the feature that geve them away by even a distant look.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have not seen any around lately so it may be that once everyone knew what to look for sales of them stopped.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think these may be the remnants of this jiggery pokery minus the frames and backing. A bundle of them all together is suspect in itself. That they cost relatively little may mean any other buyers knew just what they were looking at.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is always worth examining the offerings of the repro sellers at Newark to see what is going to arrive in a saleroom or shop near you sooner or later.</p><p><br /></p><p>Buying up the latest imported fakes and scattering them in the hundreds of local auction rooms in Britain is a long lasting tradition, and I cannot claim to have never been fooled by some item, only to see another one in a different sale a week or two later.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 221573, member: 25"]These boards remind me strongly of some repro antique paintings from the far east that were quite common around 15 to 20 years ago. They were of such Dutch school scenes, in fancy rococo gilt frames, backed with stuck down paper that had been given an aged appearance. Around the same time there was a flood of English school farmyard scenes on canvas with faked artist supply and framers labels o the back. They were reasonably convincing seen in isolation and popped up at salerooms all over the place. The big eye opener was the Newark antiques fair where these were being wholesaled to the trade. It was very easy when looking at dozens of the pictures, to identify the characteristics that betrayed the origin. The frames and paper backiings were the feature that geve them away by even a distant look. I have not seen any around lately so it may be that once everyone knew what to look for sales of them stopped. I think these may be the remnants of this jiggery pokery minus the frames and backing. A bundle of them all together is suspect in itself. That they cost relatively little may mean any other buyers knew just what they were looking at. It is always worth examining the offerings of the repro sellers at Newark to see what is going to arrive in a saleroom or shop near you sooner or later. Buying up the latest imported fakes and scattering them in the hundreds of local auction rooms in Britain is a long lasting tradition, and I cannot claim to have never been fooled by some item, only to see another one in a different sale a week or two later.[/QUOTE]
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