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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 1417942, member: 55&quot;]I&#039;m sorry, but the terms real and fake don&#039;t really apply; better terms would be reproduction versus original.</p><p>NBGirl&#039;s item is not an original, one-of-a-kind piece, but a cast reproduction.&nbsp;&nbsp; I base this on my years of experience, having seen many items either 100% identical, or simply showing the characteristic details that distinguish the two things; these details are pretty obvious to an experienced eye, but may not be so obvious to someone who is looking at a single item.</p><p>There are no resources to entirely determine the makers of cast items; among other things, the major producers such as BOMA and KIANA were entirely willing to do small runs to be sold under a variety of names; and there are generally no records as to what those names are or were.</p><p>One way to refer to such an item might be &quot;cast totem similar to BOMA.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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