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 Fakes
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Dozen Ways to Spot Fake Furniture
This feature from gives you twelve tips to avoid wasting money
on fake antique furniture.
Miller's
Is It Genuine?
Edited by John Bly, veteran of the BBC's
Antiques Roadshow, this book helps you to avoid buying
a fake. Read the review.
Antiques
Dos and Don'ts
This site gives a list of things to look out for when buying antiques
so that you can avoid buying a fake.
Dolls
David Dickinson, antiques dealer and well-known television
expert, gives information on dolls including a couple of tips
on how to ensure the doll is genuinely old. He also shows
a modern example and challenges you to spot the difference.
Fakebuster
This website brings news and information about fake furniture
and shows you pictures of the fakes too.
Fakes
The American Art Pottery Association shows pictures and gives
information on fake art pottery currently being sold.
How
to Spot a Fake
This article gives a number of points that you need to check to
ensure you buy a genuine antique.
Reproduction
News
Antique & Collectors Reproduction News aims to keep its readers
up to date on reproductions currently being made which may eventually
be sold as genuine antiques. The site also sells equipment for
detecting fakes.
Sunflowers
- a Fake or Genuine?
This article from the 'Maine Antique Digest' discusses rumours
that Van Gogh's famous painting, Sunflowers, could be a fake.
Copyright © 2001 by Carol
Fisher
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