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PAGE 19

APRIL 2009

REMEMBER THAT SELLER'S NAMES IN RED ITALICS
ARE REPEAT OFFENDERS

BELT BUCKLES REVISITED

On Page 18 we showed you a seller who offered
50 of these fake and fraudulently signed belt
buckles for $49.99. A fair price and they were sold. When the seller who is offering this Dali Tiffany Pirelli collaboration for $700.00 was notified that this buckle was not Tiffany, he researched long and hard and informed this site that we were indeed correct.

CLICK ON ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE

AWALKTHROUGHTIME

ANTIQUEREVIVALONE

MIDDLEMANBROKERS

RACH7ELE

JUST4NET

PERFUME BOTTLES
The boat from Taiwan must have come in as we are seeing a bunch of fake and fraudulently signed perfume bottles. Nice but not Tiffany. Wonder where they find the slimeball to sign these?

JUST4NET

IBIDANTIQUES

LINROSS27

GRANDDUKEZEUS

FRANCES_44

READ THE LISTING CAREFULLY
You are constantly reminded to read the listing carefully and to make sure the offered item is guaranteed to be genuine Tiffany Studios. Remember that if it is signed, that does not mean that it is genuine Tiffany Studios or that the statement is a guarantee. Seller DOWJ15K has a lamp offered on Ebay now and their guarantee is as follows:
UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC WITH FULL MONEY BACK, INCLUDING SHIPPING X'2, RETURN PRIVILEGES IF NOT AUTHENTIC!
That is a guarantee.

RUSALIENBK

NEELAM

KISAMURA

RETDSUE

AAUUTTOO

ARCHTYPE2

LUIS11890

JONRDTRK

ANTONDAM619

E.FALCONE

DSKI.22461

YOU REMEMBER NARUKO
We last looked at him on Page 13 (read about him and his feedback) and we knew he would be back. Well he is back with another great Tiffany offering - a genuine base with a questionable shade - we agree with his assessment about the shade - and a bunch of fake prisms - we disagree with his assessment about the prisms. On Ebay one day and it sold for $8500 but wait .... it has been relisted again so we are left to wonder what happened to that sale. Probably read his old feedback. On the right »»»

NARUKO

SELLER NAMES IN RED ITALICS ARE REPEAT OFFENDERS

YABA1957

JAMESBRYANSHODIN

LINROSS27

PINTOPONY_66

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

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 value difference. Be careful.

RTCOLLECT

WILMACSAMEGO

BJWIDLEY

ANTIQUES-TO-ANTIQUITIES

GLASSANDBUDMAN

1959

RACH7ELE

LUIS11890

SHANTI939

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?

DIANAAA3

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. Ebay item 170337197127 and be sure and check out the bids.

SUNSHINE6886

SQUAREBIZ99

QUBEN1-6

UBRINGITWESELLIT860

SELLER NAMES IS RED ITALICS ARE REPEAT OFFENDERS

DIANAAA3

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. It is mentioned above that the bids should be checked. 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. Too many questions.
FLASH - EBAY REMOVED THE NEW LISTING

JACK_N_LU

ESTATECLEARENCE

AMERICANMEMORIES

SHEILATOZ

MIDDLEMANBROKERS

LIKE A BAD PENNY
This lamp has been listed several times, most recently about 3 weeks ago - see above - and it is still a fake. 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 the answer, do you?

MARLENE61364

951MIKE79

BIGBADLLOYD

MARCOPOLO-ANTIQUES

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. Such a deal

VINTAGESALE$

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 glass. Check the seller's feedback

"SIGNED TIFFANY AND GENUINE TIFFANY ARE NOT THE SAME THING"

LAST CHAPTER FOR THE DRAGONFLY, HOPEFULLY
The other two chapters about this very fake Tiffany base and very questionable Dragonfly shade can be found on this page above. It sold for less than $12,000 and we received an e mail from Ray (jj6425@usalinks.net), a past frequent contributor as a fan of the Atlanta mob who are detailed on many prior pages. (It is believed the FBI shut them down). Ray with his grade school English skills berates us as useless since the lamp sold for less than $12,000 although a identical genuine Tiffany lamp has a value of $60,000 to $80,000.

RONPOTS

CHECK THESE OUT
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This seller - GLENNYMAY -
has 2 inkwells currently on Ebay
and although they are both
clearly marked as Tiffany &
Company (suspicious), he calls
them as Tiffany Studios.
Ebay #310149237471 & 9188

MACKEMS1

KATCO99

MORETHANJUSTGLASS

UPATTHEBRASSSHOP

ANTIQUEREVIVALONE

LOVINLIFE3KIDS

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.

RLAYNE922

ZZAC

SUNNYJKW

RIGHTCLICKUSA

MULEACT

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 (Ebay 130317083116) 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 (Ebay 130317210925). 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 a common site on such auctions as Ebay, See Auctions and Live Auctioneers where the sellers are allowed to call their merchandise anything they want. They are not 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. If you want genuine Tiffany, know what you are buying and buy where the piece is sold with a guarantee that it is genuine.

MULEACT

DSKI.22461
(also see above)

GATORS_ODDS_N_ENDS

JCZIMMER420

GLDMAN

RUNDZED

BEACHANTIQUES0

TAHOESANDY007

TIGGENIUS

LENA.ART

1BESTPRODUCTS

JUNK AND GARBAGE
We received an e mail from seller GLDMAN who identified himself as a doctor and advised that this vase has "already been checked by the curator at the Chrysler Museum as being good". Sometimes you cannot tell the janitors from the curators but mostly they are the ones who do not give you a written opinion. Sure you did doctor. He listed it for $2200 which is 100 times it's real value but for some reason, he removed it from Ebay. You missed your chance.

SELLERS NAMES IN RED ITALICS ARE REPEAT OFFENDER

SUCH A DEAL
Did you really get lucky and were able to buy this vase identified as a genuine piece of Tiffany for $335? Nice size at 11 inches tall with a diameter of 4 inches and in perfect condition. No, no, no. What you bought was a $20 vase with a fake and fraudulent signature for $335 and seller DESKI.22461 is laughing all the way to the bank.

DON'T BE CONFUSED
The 4 vases below are offered for sale by ANTIQUEVASES and all are listed as Tiffany in the title but careful reading will show that that is only to confuse. Seller finally discloses that they are the product of Dale Tiffany and they probably can be purchased for less money at J C Penney's. Seller is also offering Murano, Loetz and Moser.

CHRISMG

THE GOOSE GIRL PLATE RETURNS
It seems like every 4 or 5 pages we bring this fake to your attention. This time it is offered for $298 which is exactly what you would pay AA Importing for 20 of them at their price of 2 for $30.00. Again the plastic hands and feet are mistakenly identified as porcelain but that is an improvement on being identified as ivory.

DANNY7503

DIANAAA3

HACKELITE01

ANTIQUEINTEL

CHARLIES_CLUTTER

DANEKSTRUM

COASTTOCOAST
_ANTIQUES_NH

VINTAGESALE$

CYPRIOTE AND POTTERY
As every single piece of fake and fraudulently signed Tiffany is not on this site, extra careful attention should be given to pieces of Cypriote and pottery as they are rare and not seen frequently. Some of these pieces are relatively easy to determine authenticity but we suggest that these pieces should be purchased by the accomplished Tiffany Studios collector only or by collectors acting upon the recommendation of experts. There are many pieces of Tiffany that we believe to be fakes but are not on the site because we cannot distinguish them due to lack of or poor photographs or vague descriptions. Many times we see genuine pieces of Tiffany that have been altered in some fashion and if this alteration is not stated in the listing, it goes on the site. Be sure and check the pages SELLERS TO WATCH on the site as this is a great indication of what you might be buying.