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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 395020, member: 2844&quot;]Lovely collection, Diggumup. I love the frog as well.</p><p>And from this too limited photographic distance most of them look genuine. But the too limited photographic distance is precisely the problem when dating archaeological items, especially stone and ceramic. You have to feel and smell as well as see them. And even then....</p><p>Pre-Columbian is an important market, which means there are many replicas and fakes. Replicas are sold as such, but later on in the buying and selling circuit they are often sold as authentic. Nowadays some replicas are marked on the bottom or back as such.</p><p>Simple souvenirs are easy to recognize, but with items which could possibly be genuine, our advice on the forum is always to take it to a museum with a specialized department.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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