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YABA1957
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JAMESBRYANSHODIN
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LINROSS27
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PINTOPONY_66
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AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY
AWAITS
The 4 items shown below have been offered before and have graced
our pages both as individual and as a group. Hurry and get your
bids in and be sure and read the wonderful feedback associated
with this seller.
CASTILLOAUCTIONS
GOOD NEWS FROM EBAY
Ebay has instituted a new policy that requires all sellers to have
in place some form of electronic payment or their listings will
not appear. It does not have to be PayPal but almost everybody knows
that PayPal is owned by Ebay. On the downside, sellers now have
another fee to contend with. Many thousands of dollars would have
been saved had this policy been in effect when the scammers operating
out of Atlanta were selling their fake Tiffany lamps to the unsuspected
all over the world. These sellers would just open an account with
a fake address and a fake phone number and do business. This site
has long begged and pleaded for some type of verification before
Ebay lets them sell but the desire to improve their stock price
was in the way. Internet fraud continues to be one of the highest
and most frequent forms of fraud and Ebay leads the way. Their stock
price is in the toilet, listings are down and sales are down. How
long did they think they could do nothing and the money would just
keep rolling in? Buyers need to still remain vigilant, look for
the guarantee in the listing and know what you are buying. We will
continue to help.
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RTCOLLECT
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RIVIERE, NOT TIFFANY
The bookrack and the box shown are identified as Tiffany
Studios although one is marked as Riviere and the other
is unmarked. A common mistake but there is a difference
in value. Be careful.
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RTCOLLECT
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WILMACSAMEGO
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BJWIDLEY
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ANTIQUES-TO-ANTIQUITIES
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GLASSANDBUDMAN
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1959
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RACH7ELE
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LUIS11890
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SHANTI939
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WHAT DOES THE LISTING SAY?
Does it say in very plain language the the item is guaranteed
to be genuine
Tiffany or does it say that it is signed Tiffany? There is a difference.
A buyer recently sent us the following: "I noticed a piece
of glass that I bought on Ebay several weeks ago was on your site
and I flipped. I had the piece evaluated at the museum here and
they said it was a fake also. When I notified the seller, he said
the listing clearly states that it is signed Tiffany and it was
and no return is possible". The other part of the story is
that the buyer paid only $88 for a 12 inch vase. Sounds like a
bargain to us. What's the complaint?
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DIANAAA3
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The site
received an e mail from the seller of the window on the
left who stated that we were wrong to call his window a
fake. For an argument, he states that "this was bought
at an auction in the 60s and has been in my family ever
since", and then "I also had crisites (maybe he
means Christie's, maybe not) look at this item" and
finally, "like I said I had the peice (piece?) looked
at". These statements are reckless, mean nothing and
are an insult to anyone's intelligence. Why no guarantee?
This needs documentation and the "sale is final"
policy does not leave any recourse to the buyer.
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SUNSHINE6886
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SQUAREBIZ99
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QUBEN1-6
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UBRINGITWESELLIT860
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DIANAAA3
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THE WINDOW RETURNS
This window is profiled above and was sold a few days ago
for $760 but has been relisted because the seller says it
did not meet reserve although there was no reserve. The
new listing also states that it is "sold as is and
sale is final". Wonder why he is still using his girlfriend's
account as stated in his first listing.
FLASH - EBAY REMOVED THE NEW LISTING
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JACK_N_LU
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ESTATECLEARENCE
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AMERICANMEMORIES
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SHEILATOZ
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MIDDLEMANBROKERS
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LIKE A BAD PENNY
The listing states that it "looks to me to be 100%
original" and the seller "showed it to a few of
his friends who agreed". Fishing buddies from the 'hood?
The listing also says "not 100% sure of the authenticity",
"sold as is", "no history, guarantee, provenance
or paperwork with regard to its authenticity". A prudent
person would think the seller would want to get the most
return on their investment by having it evaluated by an
expert. Wonder why this seller does not do that? We think
we know that answer.
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MARLENE61364
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951MIKE79
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BIGBADLLOYD
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MARCOPOLO-ANTIQUES
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ILIKEHOTRAINS
A new player in the game of fake Tiffany is offering these
4 fakes and the seller "is not sure if they are Tiffany"
but he is offering the perfume bottles for $35 and the vases
for $75. That's a clue. At least he is selling his junk
for less than $100. Wholesale cost is $16 which includes
the fake signature.
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VINTAGESALE$
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IF YOU WAIT LONG
ENOUGH....
One of our readers alerted us to this offering. It is a
nautilus shell that are found for sale in Florida, Mexico
and the Caribbean and anywhere else where shells are sold,
usually in the $50 - $60 range. This seller is offering
one for $400 (relisted for $200) saying that it is a Tiffany
made shell. Since it does not have a mounting hole, it did
not come off a Tiffany nautilus lamp. The shells used in
Tiffany's nautilus lamps are natural shells, so where do
you think this came from? The seller believes this is Tiffany
glass. Check the seller's feedback
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RONPOTS
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CHECK
THESE OUT
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This seller - GLENNYMAY
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has 2 inkwells currently on Ebay and although they are
both clearly marked as Tiffany & Company (suspicious),
he calls them as Tiffany Studios.
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MACKEMS1
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KATCO99
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MORETHANJUSTGLASS
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UPATTHEBRASSSHOP
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ANTIQUEREVIVALONE
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LOVINLIFE3KIDS
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JUNK AND GARBAGE
The provenance is that it came out of a "New York
estate" and it comes with a "certifying letter
from Sotheby's" but the letter is unsigned. A reproduction
scarab sitting on some kind of base where the major attraction
is a rusty nut and washer. We were not aware that Tiffany
worked in the rust medium. Cannot get the light to work
so might as well sell it. One thing is very certain -
there will be no return - and the listing says it twice.
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RLAYNE922
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ZZAC
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SUNNYJKW
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RIGHTCLICKUSA
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MULEACT
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WHAT IS GOING
ON HERE?
On the left is a photo
of a vase, not made by Tiffany, with a fake and fraudulent
signature and on the right is a paper label that also
was not made by Tiffany but attached to the bottom of
the same vase. This piece was listed several days ago
as TIFFANY STUDIOS L C TIFFANY FAVRILE GLASS VASE but
was revised to be a VINTAGE TIFFANY FAVRILE GLASS VASE
COPY QUALITY FAKE with the same Ebay number.
The listing says it is a "fake
Tiffany Favrile glass vase with the original paper label".
How is that possible? Then it was removed and relisted
again as TIFFANY STUDIOS L C TIFFANY FAVRILE GLASS VASE.
While there is no question as to the vase being a fake,
there are questions about these labels and how they seem
to show up with such great frequency. Tiffany collectors
know that these labels were used by Tiffany for a while
but it would be very difficult for them to have lasted
for 100 years, just as any other piece of paper would
not last. They are very rarely seen in auctions by such
houses as Sotheby's, James Julia, Christie's, Rago Craftsman
and other auction houses who pride themselves on calling
it what it really is. Seller MULEACT, just like the other
sellers who sell this junk know exactly what they are
doing, and that is selling fakes hoping to get more than
the $15.00 they paid for these fakes.
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MULEACT
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DSKI.22461
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GATORS_ODDS_N_ENDS
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JCZIMMER420
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GLDMAN
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RUNDZED
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BEACHANTIQUES0
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TAHOESANDY007
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TIGGENIUS
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LENA.ART
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1BESTPRODUCTS
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