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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 4094357, member: 5833"]Just sent a message to this seller: <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/154466311943" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/154466311943" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/154466311943</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It has been a long time since I felt compelled to try to correct a listing but couldn't let this one go. Waiting now for the backlash. After all, who am I to contradict Sotheby's? For the record, it is not glass paste, it is what was once known as 'sulphur'. It is the original cameo that is by Maria Feodorovna, not this impression. It is signed only in the sense that the impression picked up the signature on the original.</p><p><br /></p><p>Piece is not even in good condition. </p><p><br /></p><p>Bidding so high, have to think bidders do not know what they are looking at. That, or the market for Tassie productions is really hot. It did not sell when offered by Sotheby's (sold price is shown when there is one):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2018/russian-works-of-art-faberg-icons-l18116/lot.486.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2018/russian-works-of-art-faberg-icons-l18116/lot.486.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2018/russian-works-of-art-faberg-icons-l18116/lot.486.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Shows that it's not only on eBay that sellers can be delusional: 3,000 - 5,000 GBP?![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 4094357, member: 5833"]Just sent a message to this seller: [URL]http://www.ebay.com/itm/154466311943[/URL] It has been a long time since I felt compelled to try to correct a listing but couldn't let this one go. Waiting now for the backlash. After all, who am I to contradict Sotheby's? For the record, it is not glass paste, it is what was once known as 'sulphur'. It is the original cameo that is by Maria Feodorovna, not this impression. It is signed only in the sense that the impression picked up the signature on the original. Piece is not even in good condition. Bidding so high, have to think bidders do not know what they are looking at. That, or the market for Tassie productions is really hot. It did not sell when offered by Sotheby's (sold price is shown when there is one): [URL]https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2018/russian-works-of-art-faberg-icons-l18116/lot.486.html[/URL] Shows that it's not only on eBay that sellers can be delusional: 3,000 - 5,000 GBP?![/QUOTE]
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