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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;abbypanda, post: 2651747, member: 9362&quot;]I&#039;ve begun collection antique lockets. Specifically those with Birmingham silver marks. My question is how often are these things faked? Should I assume the marks are reliable. I was reading about some fake Unger brothers items.. and I&#039;m always paranoid of it. </p><p>I bought a locket prior, prob from the 70s. It&#039;s marked &quot;sterling&quot; but when I acid tested it&#039;s def not sterling throughout. possibly plated or sterling only certain parts. </p><p>It&#039;s still nice locket, but not worth prob what I paid. I found several other lockets like it on eBay all maked &quot;sterling&quot;. Possibly faked by the same maker around the 70s I&#039;d guess. Anyway it got me wondering about how much other lockets are faked or if I should be worried about more expensive older locket. For ex. the one I got is from the 1890s, full marked etc. Seems legit but.... </p><p>If hallmarks are faked where can I learn about them to tell the difference?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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