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Message:: [QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 85783, member: 55"]Yes, they are all fakes, sadly.  The only genuine items in this thread are the bronze Davidson in Komokwa's post #17, and the first-pictured mask in his post #28.   To be blunt, if an item is "signed by Bear Thompson" it is a fake. Depending on the circumstances, if one has bought such an item, it may be possible to contact the seller and demand a refund, citing the Indian Arts and Crafts Act, and mentioning that failure to make the refund is a crime under US law.   It is a very strong law, and ignorance of the fakery does not excuse the seller from making the refund.   Canadian law is much less stringent, and one would have to prove fraud under the general criminal statutes.   The IACB pays much more attention to reports from buyers who have actually been victimized than they do to reports from uninvolved third parties.    And in the case of ebay sellers, if there is still time to leave negative feedback, negatives from several buyers can result in a permanent ban for the seller.     That happened some years back to a seller - Rainbowcat - who was notorious for fakes, especially bone items from Indonesia; he sold a bunch of fake Civil War items (similar to those mentioned by Skeezix in his post #9) and got badly burned as a result.[/QUOTE]