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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 1470054, member: 56&quot;]I like those responses.</p><p><br /></p><p>If people think that such changes are not of consequence, then that is to taken into consideration.</p><p><br /></p><p>If an owner decides to have a piece modified, then that is their prerogative.</p><p><br /></p><p>If a retailer in a later period wants to rework a piece from an earlier period and then market it as being from the earlier period, then I think that is questionable practice.&nbsp; If a retailer has comes into a piece that has been so altered, and knows it, then I think it is questionable practice not to disclose that information.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the status of hallmarks: they do tell something about the piece, but if the piece was altered subsequent to its original marketing, then the information available through the original hallmarking is no longer adequate.&nbsp; It can be misleading as the alterations may give the object an appearance inconsistent with styles of the earlier period.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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