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Offline Rodrigo A

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Ancient or fake?
« on: September 15, 2010, 11:03:03 pm »
I saw this small statue in a web page and Im wondering if it is ancient or fake, what do you think about it?

Offline Frans Diederik

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Re: Ancient or fake?
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2010, 02:07:00 pm »
If you like gambling, I'd bet 1 to 100 that it will prove to be authentic!
There is really much more fake than original material from Egypt. Look at the catalogues of good and specialized auction houses and notice the prices asked for items like this. Then you know whether it is fake or not.


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