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<p>[QUOTE="Jet, post: 1691301, member: 13952"]"Finally (asked with trepidation!) - it's not just a tourist piece, is it?"</p><p><br /></p><p>We're all are here with hope's of finding a treasure! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> it's fun for the short amount of time we don't know for sure. I sold some similar pieces to a dealer in a box lot some time ago. I told him up front I was sure they weren't real, and whatever he wanted to pay was fine with me. I had paid very little for them. He was a Paleontologist, and wanted to put down a ridiculous amount as down payment on the box, saying he was sure there was a good chance they were real. They weren't of course, but sometimes even the experts can't spot the fake from the real deal! Happy hunting! You never know!</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course I should add that he wasn't an Archeologist, which is more appropriate to knowledge of older pieces of pottery, but he had just taken courses on how to determine whether a pottery piece was old or a reproduction...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jet, post: 1691301, member: 13952"]"Finally (asked with trepidation!) - it's not just a tourist piece, is it?" We're all are here with hope's of finding a treasure! :) it's fun for the short amount of time we don't know for sure. I sold some similar pieces to a dealer in a box lot some time ago. I told him up front I was sure they weren't real, and whatever he wanted to pay was fine with me. I had paid very little for them. He was a Paleontologist, and wanted to put down a ridiculous amount as down payment on the box, saying he was sure there was a good chance they were real. They weren't of course, but sometimes even the experts can't spot the fake from the real deal! Happy hunting! You never know! Of course I should add that he wasn't an Archeologist, which is more appropriate to knowledge of older pieces of pottery, but he had just taken courses on how to determine whether a pottery piece was old or a reproduction...[/QUOTE]
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