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<p>[QUOTE="Ce BCA, post: 4429459, member: 18716"]First trick is search the usual places, ebay, etsy, aliexpress, if you see a few matching ones then you know it is recent.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had what looked like a decent early inkstone (can be very valuable), showed it 5 people who had knowledge of them, got 5 different answers as to age, type etc <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> so went with the mid ground. Listed on website etc and no interest lol. This seems to be one of those subjects that you can't get a decent handle on unless you have access to a true expert.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ce BCA, post: 4429459, member: 18716"]First trick is search the usual places, ebay, etsy, aliexpress, if you see a few matching ones then you know it is recent. I had what looked like a decent early inkstone (can be very valuable), showed it 5 people who had knowledge of them, got 5 different answers as to age, type etc :arghh: so went with the mid ground. Listed on website etc and no interest lol. This seems to be one of those subjects that you can't get a decent handle on unless you have access to a true expert.[/QUOTE]
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