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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;J Dagger, post: 9470862, member: 10944&quot;]Getting someone to use scientific methods to authenticate the age would be very difficult I’d imagine, as you said. Finding a dealer with years of experience who could look at the collection and advise you would also not be super easy I’d think. It might be doable with some time and legwork though. I’d think a dealer would be your best bet. I bought some things online years ago off what I believe is a pretty well regarded dealer in Native American artifacts. I had some questions about a couple things I owned. After exchanging some msgs about the things I bought I asked if I could bounce some things off of him and he obliged. There’s also a dealer in Oceanic antiques online that I ask for help sometimes. These are only the occasional queries with a couple photos so they haven’t charged me anything. Someone assessing a whole collection would likely charge, unless they think you might consign the collection through them in the future. Good dealers know their stuff though, sometimes better than credentialed experts possibly. That may be the way to go. If you put the time in you might find someone in your region that would take a look. Just my two cents on what I’d probably do in your position.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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