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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 218379, member: 37"]There are so many of those scarab beads out there with so much variety that I don't see how any lay person can tell the old from new. Of course there are the obvious fakes but a lot of the newer ones are pretty convincing. Also, now many of the fakes have decades of legitimate age to them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one I have that was purported to be old when I got it. It is a bit different than most you see and the execution is very good. It is only 1/2" long.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]64562[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]64563[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 218379, member: 37"]There are so many of those scarab beads out there with so much variety that I don't see how any lay person can tell the old from new. Of course there are the obvious fakes but a lot of the newer ones are pretty convincing. Also, now many of the fakes have decades of legitimate age to them. Here is one I have that was purported to be old when I got it. It is a bit different than most you see and the execution is very good. It is only 1/2" long. [ATTACH=full]64562[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]64563[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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