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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 353657, member: 5833"]Hi Dan, you've already heard lots from me in some of the threads you've started.</p><p><br /></p><p>Glad you are doing this. As Bakersgma said:</p><p><br /></p><p>In the thread about where to look for unrecognized goodies, I mention occasionally feeling like a predator. Worst case is a cameo I knew was hardstone (agate), a portrait probably of a seller's forebear, signed by a cutter unknown to me, sold on eBay as a buy it now, not an auction. At the price of a tank of gas, it was a bargain knowing only that much. After receiving it, asked if they could give me any provenance for it. They (it came through seller's husband's family) were very generous with info, including a whole family history available on line.</p><p><br /></p><p>Guilt increased when I learned the cameo came out of Berlin with a family fleeing rising Nazism. Only rose a little more when long after purchase connected the signature with someone who did work for the Imperial Prussian court.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, research, research, research![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 353657, member: 5833"]Hi Dan, you've already heard lots from me in some of the threads you've started. Glad you are doing this. As Bakersgma said: In the thread about where to look for unrecognized goodies, I mention occasionally feeling like a predator. Worst case is a cameo I knew was hardstone (agate), a portrait probably of a seller's forebear, signed by a cutter unknown to me, sold on eBay as a buy it now, not an auction. At the price of a tank of gas, it was a bargain knowing only that much. After receiving it, asked if they could give me any provenance for it. They (it came through seller's husband's family) were very generous with info, including a whole family history available on line. Guilt increased when I learned the cameo came out of Berlin with a family fleeing rising Nazism. Only rose a little more when long after purchase connected the signature with someone who did work for the Imperial Prussian court. So, research, research, research![/QUOTE]
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