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<p>[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 2469632, member: 6444"]I don't buy antiques on ebay for many reasons, but I know enough about American antiques to distinguish real knowledge from BS, and will note that of all the sellers of American antiques there, I have found only two sellers who consistently know what they are talking about and fairly represent the antiques they are selling.</p><p><br /></p><p>The number of sellers on ebay who have no idea what they are talking about, in all fields, is stunning. We even see them on this board - read this thread where a seller starts by buying a piece they know nothing about "dirt cheap", then decides to list it on ebay as an authentic 500 BC antiquity when it is in fact from the late 19th century at best: <a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/middle-eastern-copper-dish-test-results.50953/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/middle-eastern-copper-dish-test-results.50953/">https://www.antiquers.com/threads/middle-eastern-copper-dish-test-results.50953/</a>. His defense is stunning and shows why you should never trust sellers on ebay: "If those who actually collect and have knowledge of ancient copper show no interest in the listing, then no harm no foul.. ". In other words, I will create a listing full of incorrect speculation and present it in an authoritative way as if I knew what I was talking about, and it is up to the buyer to see through my BS and not buy it. THAT is ebay. Never trust a seller - judge only by your own knowledge and what you can see in the possibly inadequate pictures.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 2469632, member: 6444"]I don't buy antiques on ebay for many reasons, but I know enough about American antiques to distinguish real knowledge from BS, and will note that of all the sellers of American antiques there, I have found only two sellers who consistently know what they are talking about and fairly represent the antiques they are selling. The number of sellers on ebay who have no idea what they are talking about, in all fields, is stunning. We even see them on this board - read this thread where a seller starts by buying a piece they know nothing about "dirt cheap", then decides to list it on ebay as an authentic 500 BC antiquity when it is in fact from the late 19th century at best: [URL]https://www.antiquers.com/threads/middle-eastern-copper-dish-test-results.50953/[/URL]. His defense is stunning and shows why you should never trust sellers on ebay: "If those who actually collect and have knowledge of ancient copper show no interest in the listing, then no harm no foul.. ". In other words, I will create a listing full of incorrect speculation and present it in an authoritative way as if I knew what I was talking about, and it is up to the buyer to see through my BS and not buy it. THAT is ebay. Never trust a seller - judge only by your own knowledge and what you can see in the possibly inadequate pictures.[/QUOTE]
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