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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 297684, member: 5833&quot;]Or Tip:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Don’t buy anything that says TIP.</b>&nbsp; Tip vases aren’t really made to deceive collectors.&nbsp; It is pretty obvious.&nbsp; If you see the word Tip then you know you are dealing with a modern reproduction.&nbsp; Many fakes are much more deceptive.&nbsp; The lack of Tip mark certainly does not automatically guarantee authenticity.</p><p><img src="http://www.galleartglass.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/tip-galle-vase.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>3)&nbsp; <b>Know authentic Galle vase shapes.</b>&nbsp; We have about 30 <a href="http://www.galleartglass.com/galle-vase-shapes/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.galleartglass.com/galle-vase-shapes/" rel="nofollow">Galle vase shapes</a> listed in our guide.&nbsp; Knowing which shapes are authentic is the first thing you can do prevent yourself from buying fakes.&nbsp; Sometimes you can work backwards and try to match your vase with a fake.&nbsp; There are hundred of fakes listed on ebay.&nbsp; There are hundreds more listed on GalleVases.com.&nbsp; We have no affiliation with that site, so enter it at your own risk.&nbsp; It is run by people in China making reproductions.&nbsp; Lots of other fakes come out of Romania.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.galleartglass.com/authentic-galle-vases/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.galleartglass.com/authentic-galle-vases/" rel="nofollow">http://www.galleartglass.com/authentic-galle-vases/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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