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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 5314961, member: 96898&quot;]I wrote to the auction house yesterday, let&#039;s see what happens.</p><p><br /></p><p>Generally speaking, I&#039;m a bit irritated by the catalogue for Artemide Kunstauktionen 16. My previous experiences with this auction house have been good to very good, and I&#039;ve always counted them among the trustworthy dealers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yet, there seems to have been some kind of lapse with their latest auction that goes beyond this admittedly deceptive fake. For example, the obverse on this one (lot 44) looks like an obvious and extremely botched tooling job to me. Listed with a starting price of €150 as &quot;Toned. VF&quot; without any mentioning of the tooling:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1224490[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d be very surprised if this one (lot 59) wasn&#039;t tooled, too. Listed as &quot;Nice green patina. VF&quot; without further comments:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1224491[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Did they maybe let the intern write the descriptions? That&#039;s way below the level of diligence I am used to from this auction house.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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