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<p>[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 708715, member: 649"][USER=8184]@Jivvy[/USER] I'm glad I'm not the only one that sees some obvious misclassifications by sellers. I have a simple Whitby jet bar pin with a seed pearl and love it. When browsing online, I'm having most trouble distinguishing between true Whitby jet and "bakelite", "plastic", or even "onyx" just by seller photos. I'm trying to look for actual indications of hand carving as opposed to molding but sometimes... ugh! </p><p>I like to think that most sellers who mid-identify are doing so due to ignorance rather than a deliberate effort to deceive but I know that's not always the case.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 708715, member: 649"][USER=8184]@Jivvy[/USER] I'm glad I'm not the only one that sees some obvious misclassifications by sellers. I have a simple Whitby jet bar pin with a seed pearl and love it. When browsing online, I'm having most trouble distinguishing between true Whitby jet and "bakelite", "plastic", or even "onyx" just by seller photos. I'm trying to look for actual indications of hand carving as opposed to molding but sometimes... ugh! I like to think that most sellers who mid-identify are doing so due to ignorance rather than a deliberate effort to deceive but I know that's not always the case.[/QUOTE]
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