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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bosko69, post: 5381194, member: 16283&quot;]Antiquers has no &#039;Gatekeeper&#039; curating who/what gets on the Site-and yet most items aren&#039;t inane rubbish &amp; are intriguing,&amp; for the most part are &#039;teach-worthy&#039; (weird phrasing).</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; As a amateur who picked solely for pleasure for years,I never spent much time researching my items (and online sites years past were scarce).</p><p>&nbsp; When you come here you have a group of folks who&#039;ve collectively studied (practically memorized !) thousands of reference books,museum catalogs,etc.</p><p>&nbsp; It&#039;s made me appreciate Jewelry,Glass,Pottery,etc much more.I knew the &#039;biggies&#039; of course-Tiffany,Lalique,etc-but the value of costume jewelry or a Judith Leiber handbag was enlightening.</p><p>PS- Apologies for my usual long bloviation,learning to edit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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