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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 338040, member: 5833"]<a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/132440546423" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/132440546423" rel="nofollow">This cameo</a>, which can be yours for $59,999.99, seller states was looked at by museum experts & declared 'priceless'. I see they have altered the listing so that material is now given as ceramic rather than the original claim of 'bone', which presumably was code for ivory. They claim it is unique, at least 200 years old, formerly property of the Romanovs, & that the crack has been skillfully repaired, without mentioning that the tip of the nose is missing.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]113416[/ATTACH] </p><p>When trying to persuade a seller that a piece is not unique, I send along at least 1 other example. Sent this seller several, all lava, including one below. They felt they were 'completely different.' Yeah, this one is better. The Romanovs would not have touched any of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]113417[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 338040, member: 5833"][URL='http://www.ebay.com/itm/132440546423']This cameo[/URL], which can be yours for $59,999.99, seller states was looked at by museum experts & declared 'priceless'. I see they have altered the listing so that material is now given as ceramic rather than the original claim of 'bone', which presumably was code for ivory. They claim it is unique, at least 200 years old, formerly property of the Romanovs, & that the crack has been skillfully repaired, without mentioning that the tip of the nose is missing. [ATTACH=full]113416[/ATTACH] When trying to persuade a seller that a piece is not unique, I send along at least 1 other example. Sent this seller several, all lava, including one below. They felt they were 'completely different.' Yeah, this one is better. The Romanovs would not have touched any of them. [ATTACH=full]113417[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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