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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mirana, post: 9605101, member: 79705&quot;]I have been selling in that place since &#039;96 but mostly items from collections I was no longer interested in, and the occasional thrift item. But it&#039;s such a grind, even without Bay&#039;s punishing algorithm, randomly hiding your listings, giving money back to grifters and the fee drain! I&#039;m trying to work through the last big push of things I&#039;ve accumulated in the &quot;I&#039;m done with this&quot; pile, and then it&#039;s just going to be on the rare occasions I find something worth a really good amount, or sell off lot items I didn&#039;t want. I work too many hours for way more money to make it worthwhile.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Can&#039;t wait for the freshly cleaned version! She has a really sweet face and I always enjoy the carvers who give their figures diaphanous fabric. The other you found does look to share some of the same carving choices that may mean it is the same person.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hmm, inscribing on a small concave surface that is fairly delicate might make things difficult (the shells or stones are usually mounted on the back during the carving). The carving itself is done by tools like in wood carving, or by drill bits so not the same as scratching a surface. I usually see really nice signatures when it&#039;s on the face of the carving, as a presentation surface. They probably didn&#039;t think the backs were as important.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bronwen has <a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/cameos-show-tell-or-ask-answer.23493/page-132#post-836666" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/cameos-show-tell-or-ask-answer.23493/page-132#post-836666">a really nice example of a fraudulent signature</a> in this thread, for Saulini. I think few rise to the price point to warrant a fake signature though. Most sellers don&#039;t seem to care to mention signatures unless it&#039;s Saulini. I&#039;ve even seen a Pichler intaglio with a clear front signature not be mentioned at all, and that seemed insane to me. There was definitely a trade in fraudulent carvings and signatures in the 1800s, but for pieces passed off as ancient.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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