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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 331969, member: 5833"]More like Queen of Denial.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.litinvs.com/high-cameos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.litinvs.com/high-cameos" rel="nofollow">This guy</a>, located in Cyprus, sells on eBay as 'kammee'. His listings have become less deceptive than they used to be, when he would insinuate that his new work came out of an important Swiss family collection. Although I have never purchased anything from him, out of the blue last year he sent me a message promoting his cameos & pointing out that he could do my portrait. As politely as I could, told him I really only collect antique cameos & the last thing I wanted was a cameo portrait of myself.</p><p><br /></p><p>The modern portrait cameos I have seen look more like cartoons, not like <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/cameotimescom/cameo-portraits-of-victorian-ladies/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pinterest.com/cameotimescom/cameo-portraits-of-victorian-ladies/" rel="nofollow">Victorian/Edwardian ones</a>. But then the hairstyles now don't look like those either.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 331969, member: 5833"]More like Queen of Denial. [URL='http://www.litinvs.com/high-cameos']This guy[/URL], located in Cyprus, sells on eBay as 'kammee'. His listings have become less deceptive than they used to be, when he would insinuate that his new work came out of an important Swiss family collection. Although I have never purchased anything from him, out of the blue last year he sent me a message promoting his cameos & pointing out that he could do my portrait. As politely as I could, told him I really only collect antique cameos & the last thing I wanted was a cameo portrait of myself. The modern portrait cameos I have seen look more like cartoons, not like [URL='https://www.pinterest.com/cameotimescom/cameo-portraits-of-victorian-ladies/']Victorian/Edwardian ones[/URL]. But then the hairstyles now don't look like those either.[/QUOTE]
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