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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 108181, member: 54&quot;]Saw this on ARS and had never heard it before.&nbsp; A man had paid $1800. for an elaborate supposedly pre-C. figural vessel with loads of COA type papers, all signed, dated etc. , very convincing.&nbsp; Appraiser tapped the rim with his ring or something, don&#039;t recall exactly, but he mentioned the high-pitch ring sound and said that meant it had been fired in an electric, high-temperature kiln, and was thus a fake.&nbsp; Originals were low-temp. fired in a wood-burning kiln and should make a non-ringing low-pitch sound when tapped.&nbsp; Maybe a &quot;thunk?&quot;&nbsp; Appraiser was John Buxton who has done a lot of the ethnic/tribal appraisals on ARS for years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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