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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 2771708, member: 36"]I'm no expert on a lot of things, but after a while you "get your eye in" and start seeing things that are quality but that might slip by the novice. You learn where to look for silver marks on international pieces, for instance, and learn to figure out what's silver on sight. It's 30% books and 70% experience. </p><p><br /></p><p>The UK Antiques Roadshow reruns on Youtube are helpful too. They show all sorts of odds and ends that never crossed the Atlantic. So when one piece does skate in somehow, you know about it and the dealers don't.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 2771708, member: 36"]I'm no expert on a lot of things, but after a while you "get your eye in" and start seeing things that are quality but that might slip by the novice. You learn where to look for silver marks on international pieces, for instance, and learn to figure out what's silver on sight. It's 30% books and 70% experience. The UK Antiques Roadshow reruns on Youtube are helpful too. They show all sorts of odds and ends that never crossed the Atlantic. So when one piece does skate in somehow, you know about it and the dealers don't.[/QUOTE]
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