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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4313495, member: 2844&quot;]It isn&#039;t that difficult to tell antique and new apart. Charlie&#039;s is very shiny and perfectly made, which means very new.</p><p>One thing to remember is that Maori crafts were neglected for a long time, and quality went downhill until the crafts were revived ca 1970. After that it took some time to reach the level of quality we see now.</p><p>I&#039;ll show the difference using some of mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are 1970s. The Hei-Tiki on the right was the first Maori jade I ever bought, as a teen, in a newly founded Maori crafts college in Rotorua:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351534[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Not all pounamu of this age is shiny, some is matte. But the carving isn&#039;t as good as the antique ones, and certainly not as good as the new ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Koru below is slightly older, 1950s-60s. It is still relatively shiny, but the carving is irregular</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351535[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Before 1950 nearly all Maori pounamu is matte. I have some 1930-50 examples, but haven&#039;t photographed them yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one is antique, 1890-1900-ish:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351533[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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