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#13
I often wonder what  Mr Mujtaba Mir feels when he gets glowing feedback like this.
I wonder if he has a slight sense of guilt...or is he simply a sociopath?
Jerry
#14
Senatus Consulto / Re: Senatus Consulto
Last post by Harvey P - July 08, 2024, 10:50:05 PM
The BIG problem  with Mr Pedersen is that he says that NOBODY can say any of his items are a fake unless they examine the things carefully in person. But this is rubbish as so many of the fakes he has sold are VERY OBVIOUSLY FAKE, and anyone with good knowledge of ancient artefacts can say that for sure from only looking at the photos. For example take a look at some of the fake scarabs he sold!!! (Photos shown here from postings above)
Harvey
#15
Senatus Consulto / Re: Senatus Consulto
Last post by Historica - July 08, 2024, 02:11:20 PM
The really big problem with this seller (a Mr Pedersen)is that he is so convinced he knows sufficient about ancient artefacts that he simply never has sold a fake! So if a buyer contacts him to say unfortunately he has sold them a fake Mr Pedersen will not accept this. He demands written evidence from a specialist museum curator  which is impossible to get! And surely he knows that.
Graham
#16
TOP TEN antiquiti / Re: antiquiti aca mikes-artefa...
Last post by RobertAussie - June 29, 2024, 10:41:23 AM
Re the pottery and others, If you spent a good amount of money it might pay you to get a T.L date, as I did, this is accepted by just about all authorities as a definite result and then you can make a complaint to your local consumer body such as the ACCC in Australia,as I have done, EBAY states, in the case of EBAY.Au, that everything must abide by Aust Law. This is one pathway in obtaining justice [what ever that is when it comes to ebay]
#17
TOP TEN antiquiti / Re: antiquiti aca mikes-artefa...
Last post by Tom6102 - June 27, 2024, 03:55:39 PM
Quote from: RobertAussie on June 17, 2024, 01:52:19 AMFor everybody: A quick test for Bronze Artifacts.

Place a small drop of rainwater or as pure as you can get on the surface. let it stand for as long as possible and then place a strip of litmus paper if it turns any shade of 'red' it has been treated [aged] with acid most fake patineas have been created using an acid of some type. Another tip the genuine article should have blue/green flakes which indicate copper present as part of the manufacturing process if genuine it will present with small faded patches of red. A third tip, under the microscope, see if there is any evidence of microburst bubbles on the surface as this is conclusive evidence of modern fakery. and finally if any area can be scratched with your fingernail it is a fake.
thanks a lot!
#18
TOP TEN antiquiti / Re: antiquiti aca mikes-artefa...
Last post by gaius asinius - June 17, 2024, 10:23:45 AM
Thank you so much for memorializing much needed info. Problem is of course when testing one's own stuff best be sitting down and well tranquilized. 
#19
TOP TEN antiquiti / Re: antiquiti aca mikes-artefa...
Last post by RobertAussie - June 17, 2024, 01:52:19 AM
For everybody: A quick test for Bronze Artifacts.

Place a small drop of rainwater or as pure as you can get on the surface. let it stand for as long as possible and then place a strip of litmus paper if it turns any shade of 'red' it has been treated [aged] with acid most fake patineas have been created using an acid of some type. Another tip the genuine article should have blue/green flakes which indicate copper present as part of the manufacturing process if genuine it will present with small faded patches of red. A third tip, under the microscope, see if there is any evidence of microburst bubbles on the surface as this is conclusive evidence of modern fakery. and finally if any area can be scratched with your fingernail it is a fake.
#20
Aside from picking their pockets what other harm done to online shopping ignoramuses? These oblivious legions traipse over to mailbox and take ownership of priceless antiquities personally owned by Socrates and Cicero. Happy as pigs frolicking in mud, they are. No real harm done.