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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PaddyB, post: 2452361, member: 40017&quot;]Unfortunately there are lots of fakes coming into the local auction houses over here at present, so beware if you are bidding online. They usually turn up in the general sales, often combined with other items - Silver and white metal goods. The auction houses make no pretence at identifying them and lack the expertise to distinguish fake from real. As they do not list them specifically or pass judgment on authenticity they are off the hook. (Caveat emptor applies.) The vendors rely on inexpert buyers getting carried away and bidding the lots up.</p><p>When someone with more knowledge informs the auction house of the fakes their response is that it is up to the buyer to make his own mind up, as they have not described it in any way and what is to say that the &quot;expert&quot; is right?</p><p>Many of the fakes are easy to spot - crudely made and often in cupro-nickel instead of Silver, but sometimes really good fakes show up where even the best of experts can be fooled.</p><p>So watch out![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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