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Sellers
To Watch
Current
Fakes On Ebay
Comments & Questions
Tiffany
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These are the items you will
encounter most of the time. They are all of small cost ranging from
less than $5.00 to a high of $13.00 although some can be priced
higher and are readily available from sellers of reproductions. Many
are signed as Tiffany Studios but others are just signed Tiffany.
They have sold on Ebay for as much as $200.00 and are currently
available now. The sellers of these items usually list them under the
Antiques category and they call them vintage although they are new
and made in Taiwan. All will probably be missing the Made In Taiwan
ROC (Republic of China) label. See below for an example.
BELT BUCKLES
This is such an old scam that
TiffanyFakes.Com will not address the issue and only one buckle will
be shown below which should answer all questions about the belt
buckles. Every single one of them with a Tiffany Studios stamp on
them is a fake. Tiffany & Company made and probably still makes
some silver or gold buckles but they can be easily distinguished from
the many that are offered on Ebay.
If you are interested in
these fake belt buckles, click on CONTACT US and let us know of your
interest and you will receive an e mail with the address of two web
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The "Goose Girl" plate shown above is
available from AA Importing in St Louis with a price of $20.00 for 2.
These have been offered for years and sometimes the sellers will tell
you that the hands and face are ivory but they are plastic. This is
an old fake that keeps coming back.
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The inkwell on the left is made of
spelter and the seller saw one just like it in a Tiffany book and for
the first time the seller is using the PRIVATE feature. What book?
When did Tiffany use spelter?
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You can have it with the 3 angels or with the 3
frogs but either one will be a fake. |
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Click on any picture to enlarge. |
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Just when you think you have seen
it all... This "rare find"
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-on the left and the right- sulpture which was "done in the
seclusion of the late hours within the studio" is now offered
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This lamp has been missing
for about a year when it appeared in an auction in Atlanta and then
in an auction in Florida but it is now back on Ebay with all kinds of
references to Neustadt"s book. This is a lamp that has been reattributed
to Riviere by the curator of the New York Historical
Society which has the original given by Neustadt to the NYHS |
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It is usually accompanied by
a similar base but the one offered on Ebay is just a shade on an
unsigned base. This is most likely a copy by an unknown maker and it
is doubtful that it was made by Riviere.. Vague address for the
seller who has a 0 feedback rating and uses the PRIVATE feature. Be
very careful and if you think you are buying Tiffany, you are not. |
NOTICE AND CAUTION
In the past few days there have been a few Tiffany
lamps on Ebay from brand new sellers with low feedback and all of
them are using the PRIVATE feature. What they are doing is stealing
photos from past sales of genuine Tiffany lamps and now they are
selling them as if they really have possession. All of the warning
signs are there. Pay attention and be very careful. |
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The object on the right
is offered for sale and as proof, the seller says it was made in
1970, 40 years after Tiffany Studios went out of business. The
missing sticker on the bottom said Made In Taiwan. |
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The picture on the right and the picture on
the left are for an lion and it has a fake and fraudulent
signature. The signature on the right is a very common fake
signature. Do not buy Tiffany unless it has a written guarantee in
the listing. It might not make it real but it is some protection. |
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The three pieces above are offered on Ebay
by a seller already listed on this site as a DEALER TO WATCH and
these listings point out a very common practice to watch for and to
absolutely avoid. The seller has a positive feedback of 100 percent
but only has 20 - 25 entries. All are for items purchased and no
feedback for items sold. Is the seller trustworthy and would you
spend thousands with this seller based on the excellent feedback of
his purchases which average $25 each? I doubt it although he promises
an appraisal with each purchase. There is no written guarantee from
the seller but there is a lot of wordage which, when looked at
objectively, it means absolutely nothing. Of course the seller uses
the PRIVATE BIDDERS function so if you bid you will never hear from
any of the good hearted Tiffany experts and Ebay dogooders. Lastly we
look at the Ebay experience of the seller and find out he has been an
Ebay member since December 29, 2005 and for all of those date
challenged, this means he has been on Ebay for less than 30 days. Now
he has been on Ebay one month and has changed his name already. You
send the seller a check. Not us. New news- this seller who has been
on Ebay less than 30 days using one name has now changes his name and
before that name is 30 days old, he has been declared "No Longer
A Registered User" by Ebay. Hopefully you were not one of the
people who bought his fakes. This seller reappeared in early March
using a new name and offering some of the same merchandise. An e mail
to Ebay got him off and the fake Tiffany he was selling is gone. For
how long? Know your seller or you are going to get scammed. |
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