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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 270350, member: 55&quot;]Prefaced by saying I know nothing about these clocks.....but as a general opinion on fakes/reproductions: I am of the opinion that there is no limit whatsoever to fakery or reproductions.</p><p>Just my opinion:&nbsp; there are no items so obscure that they cannot or will not be faked, or that a third-world manufacturer might see a photo, and find it profitable to make new items in a similar style.</p><p>Some of these are not intended to be fakes, or sold to deceive, just modern décor &quot;in the style of;&quot; others are undoubtedly intended to deceive.</p><p>Just a few examples:&nbsp; bone fetishes, which can be sold for $1 to the bead trade, are made in the style of NW coast artifacts, and can be sold for hundreds of dollars by the unscrupulous.&nbsp; Some would say it is not profitable to fake a $1 item - not true; or that it is not profitable to make bone items by hand and sell them for $1.</p><p>Vintage mason jars have been widely reproduced.</p><p>Antique Chinese locks and oriental fabric.&nbsp;&nbsp; Wooden shoes. Lampshades.&nbsp;&nbsp; Quilts.&nbsp; Rugs.&nbsp; Postcards.&nbsp; Carnival glass.</p><p>The bone figure in the thread at <a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/what-is-it-old-or-new-possibly-african-baul-figure.19901/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/what-is-it-old-or-new-possibly-african-baul-figure.19901/">https://www.antiquers.com/threads/what-is-it-old-or-new-possibly-african-baul-figure.19901/</a></p><p>So personally, I would never say &quot;there are no fakes of XYZ; it would not be profitable&quot; though I might say &quot;I have not seen any fakes of that item.&quot;</p><p>Just stating my jaded and skeptical opinion that there is no limit whatsoever to fakery or reproductions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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