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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 1618882, member: 2844"]Welcome Gertrude.</p><p>Some members do know about antiquities, we even have some archeologists here.</p><p>As kyratango said, it is too good to be true.</p><p>I have seen similar listings for years now, sellers come and go. But the common thing is, they simply have too many items, generally of excellent quality, many of them would be very rare if old.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fact that the seller of the second link throws in brand new 'Tibetan silver' (= base white metal) dorjes and similar items, means he has good trade contacts with China, home of the fakes.</p><p>Another telltale sign is that the titles of the dorje listings are 'old Tibetan silver tool use is unkown further research required'.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Similar new dorjes can be found in any New Age shop and even in gift shops.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 1618882, member: 2844"]Welcome Gertrude. Some members do know about antiquities, we even have some archeologists here. As kyratango said, it is too good to be true. I have seen similar listings for years now, sellers come and go. But the common thing is, they simply have too many items, generally of excellent quality, many of them would be very rare if old. The fact that the seller of the second link throws in brand new 'Tibetan silver' (= base white metal) dorjes and similar items, means he has good trade contacts with China, home of the fakes. Another telltale sign is that the titles of the dorje listings are 'old Tibetan silver tool use is unkown further research required'.:hilarious: Similar new dorjes can be found in any New Age shop and even in gift shops.[/QUOTE]
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