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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JJ Walker, post: 7993049, member: 125206&quot;]That is much appreciated. Especially from an expert such as yourself.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I had noticed that.&nbsp; However to my inexperienced eye, I had assumed it was part of the design.&nbsp; Based on some images of hippocamp I&#039;ve seen I thought it was some kind of fin or webbing on the seahorse.&nbsp; But when I look closely it looks like there is some kind of seam between that fin and the head.&nbsp; I&#039;m guessing that is what would make it more likely to be flashing.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am trying my best to learn in my spare time.&nbsp; But I think the iceberg goes incredibly deep when the topic is &quot;European antiquities&quot;.&nbsp; I am starting to get an eye for what feels like a fake patina.&nbsp; I was looking at a spearhead the other day that was supposed to be Greek from 1000-1200 BC.&nbsp; It was bent and damaged as if it was used in a battle.&nbsp; I thought this was really cool.&nbsp; But as I looked at it, the patina was basically gone in the damaged parts.&nbsp; Which meant to me that it was either used in battle after it was already patinaed up (seems unlikely), or just fake.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think on this part we&#039;ll have to agree to disagree.&nbsp; I think those are beautiful.&nbsp; More than once Homer mentions the &quot;gleaming bronze&quot; weapons, etc.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>While clearly the monetary and archeological value come from the intact patina etc.&nbsp; However the beauty doesn&#039;t have to since it is in the eye of the beholder.&nbsp; If the owner doesn&#039;t care about holding value, and any potential historical knowledge has already been learned, all we&#039;re left with is beauty and philosophy.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I would love to have a conversation about this topic with you and am very open to my mind being changed.&nbsp; Especially by one as experienced as yourself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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