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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KC Antique, post: 293267, member: 5817&quot;]Ditto what the others posted above.&nbsp; I have made many trips to Russia and unfortunately there are so many authentic-looking reproductions made due to the desirability of icons. for verification of age you need a &quot;hands on&quot; inspection by someone in the know.&nbsp; </p><p>A lot of opportunists have arisen from a very hard economy. They have become very protective of &quot;true historic icons&quot; that if suspected that they are really old ones they have been known to confiscate them even with proper papers. Many old ones are radioactive and are checked for radioactivity.&nbsp; (Some are deemed radioactive even if they are not.) I even had a painting sold to me by a good friend in Siberia (with proper papers of authentication from the artist) confiscated as a historical oil painting! (I knew for certain it had been painted 3 months prior.&nbsp; Someone at the airport must have really liked it.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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