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TOP TEN antiquiti / Re: antiquiti aca mikes-artefa...
Last post by Jerry F - August 29, 2025, 11:09:14 AMStill on eBay after al this time.
Seems to have new suppliers.
ALL fake or cheap tourist souvenirs.
Mr Michael Davies is now the biggest seller of this sort of junk in the world!
Jerry.
Seems to have new suppliers.
ALL fake or cheap tourist souvenirs.
Mr Michael Davies is now the biggest seller of this sort of junk in the world!
Jerry.
#2
Please do register and join with us / Re: La Tène I fibula: real or ...
Last post by Simon - August 18, 2025, 01:35:20 PMIt does look shiny, the surface leads me to think maybe polished or waxed.
#3
Wear The Past / Wear The Past
Last post by Archaic - July 21, 2025, 06:10:08 PMA seller previously consedered completely reliable has taken the wrong path now.
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#4
Please do register and join with us / Re: La Tène I fibula: real or ...
Last post by sDuncan - July 15, 2025, 04:16:06 PMThank you!
#5
Please do register and join with us / Re: La Tène I fibula: real or ...
Last post by Archaic - July 15, 2025, 09:39:52 AMHi,
Looks perfectly OK to me.
Brad
Looks perfectly OK to me.
Brad
#6
Please do register and join with us / La Tène I fibula: real or fake...
Last post by sDuncan - July 15, 2025, 12:52:56 AMHi y'all,
I recently took a gamble and ordered this off eBay. Listed as a La Tène I fibula from the Black Sea area, it's small - just over 2", has a good weight, and is not magnetic. The peculiar black patina with a subtle green tint, along with the smooth condition of the spring coil, are giving me some doubts, though. The seller has ignored my messages about provenance. I have a hard time imagining someone going through the trouble of making a small fake like this, but I've been surprised before.
What are your thoughts?
I recently took a gamble and ordered this off eBay. Listed as a La Tène I fibula from the Black Sea area, it's small - just over 2", has a good weight, and is not magnetic. The peculiar black patina with a subtle green tint, along with the smooth condition of the spring coil, are giving me some doubts, though. The seller has ignored my messages about provenance. I have a hard time imagining someone going through the trouble of making a small fake like this, but I've been surprised before.
What are your thoughts?
#7
TOP TEN antiquiti / Re: antiquiti aca mikes-artefa...
Last post by gaius asinius - June 05, 2025, 03:27:39 PMAll crap all the time. Another untouchable Teflon Don, like John Gotti and Adolph Drumpf. Posted something similar to a private forum but will try to post it here via a back door method:
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122218888820165094&set=a.122112642350165094
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122218888820165094&set=a.122112642350165094
#8
TOP TEN antiquiti / Re: antiquiti aca mikes-artefa...
Last post by Harvey P - June 05, 2025, 10:11:40 AMAmazing..... not a single genuine antiquity here!
Harvey
Harvey
#9
FAKE-RING-data base / Re: Michael Davies - new ebay ...
Last post by Archaic - December 29, 2024, 08:23:58 PMHi, Looking at antiquities_and_relics on eBay I really don't think this is Mike Davies. Different material, different photography and very different descriptions.
Brad.
Brad.
#10
FAKE-RING-data base / Re: Michael Davies - new ebay ...
Last post by gaius asinius - December 27, 2024, 02:04:41 PMebay talks the talk but rarely walks the walk. Fraudulent merchandise is their stock in trade. Their bread and butter in the "Other Decorative Collectibles" category. Davies has been reported so many times I ran out of fingers and toes decades ago