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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2467774, member: 2844"]I come across fakes on seller's sites all over the world. And those are only the fakes I recognize.</p><p>The problem is that many of these sellers don't check the Chinese etc listings for antiquities on ebay. The Chinese have a different fakes wave every few months or so, it can be Indus terracottas now, Roman glass tear bottles in two months time, etc, etc. You can even see 20 or so listings for a similar item at a time. Bulgarian and Turkish fakers are much more consistent in what they offer for sale.</p><p>People buy those items and offer them for sale to a bricks and mortar shop in the UK, US, you name it, and that is how otherwise reputable shops end up selling them as the real deal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, we have even had those here as well.</p><p>On this forum you can find out a lot about fake antiquities:</p><p><a href="http://ancientartifakes.net/smf/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ancientartifakes.net/smf/" rel="nofollow">http://ancientartifakes.net/smf/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>An example from their fake ring database:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]265747[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="http://ancientartifakes.net/smf/index.php/topic,1227.0.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ancientartifakes.net/smf/index.php/topic,1227.0.html" rel="nofollow">http://ancientartifakes.net/smf/index.php/topic,1227.0.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Depressing, isn't it.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2467774, member: 2844"]I come across fakes on seller's sites all over the world. And those are only the fakes I recognize. The problem is that many of these sellers don't check the Chinese etc listings for antiquities on ebay. The Chinese have a different fakes wave every few months or so, it can be Indus terracottas now, Roman glass tear bottles in two months time, etc, etc. You can even see 20 or so listings for a similar item at a time. Bulgarian and Turkish fakers are much more consistent in what they offer for sale. People buy those items and offer them for sale to a bricks and mortar shop in the UK, US, you name it, and that is how otherwise reputable shops end up selling them as the real deal. Yes, we have even had those here as well. On this forum you can find out a lot about fake antiquities: [URL]http://ancientartifakes.net/smf/[/URL] An example from their fake ring database: [ATTACH=full]265747[/ATTACH] [URL]http://ancientartifakes.net/smf/index.php/topic,1227.0.html[/URL] Depressing, isn't it.:([/QUOTE]
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