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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 345773, member: 5833&quot;]!!!!!!!&nbsp; How does that work?&nbsp; Since when does the winning bidder not have to abide by the terms of the auction?&nbsp; My opinion of auction houses, their business ethics &amp; their &#039;experts&#039; keeps falling.</p><p><br /></p><p>Have recently played a role in seeing to it that Sotheby&#039;s, who will be auctioning a cameo with the signature of a famous 19th century gem engraver prominently on the front, was notified the same cameo was sold just a few months ago with absolutely no indication of such a signature in photos or description.&nbsp; The several of us involved were hoping Sotheby&#039;s would withdraw it, since forgeries are detrimental to the value our own signed pieces.&nbsp; Nope.&nbsp; They&#039;ve decided previous auction house missed it, even though other auctioneer had looked it over well enough to note faint, indecipherable signature scratched into the back.&nbsp; (Which Sotheby&#039;s does not show/mention in their description but admits in private correspondence is there.)</p><p><br /></p><p>In December 2017, the cameo looked like this:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]116792[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And now it looks like this:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]116794[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>All other specimens of Tommaso Saulini&#039;s signature that I have seen have the letters separated, not in cursive like that, &amp; the Ts &amp; Fs are different, so not even a good match:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]116795[/ATTACH] </p><p>No doubt it will get picked up on Pinterest, then turn up in search results &amp; become accepted as a genuine Saulini.&nbsp; Maybe this post will also turn up &amp; help counteract it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck with the auction of the paintings.&nbsp; Good thing you can&#039;t really lose.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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