John Conduitt

You reacted to my post on eBay genuine Egyptian amulets on eBay.

This is quite simple. I do collect Egyptian amulets since 45 years. I had the chance to visit repeatedly the best Museums worldwide (Cairo museum 3 times), the Louvre (may be 10 times if not more), the British Museum (also may be 10 times if not more), the MET in NYC (4 times), the Brooklyn Museum (also in NYC) 3 times, the Torino Museum (3 times), the Berlin museum (3 times), the UCL collection in London (3 times) and many more ones. In addition, I have the chance to have an excellent visual memory. Thus I am relying on my visits as well as on numerous details (style, design, etc.). For example, I can instantly detect fakes sold weekly on Catawiki and tell you based on the pictures who is the seller (usually Artemission or Jaspers Antiques). They both sell numerous fakes in semiprecious stones (carnelian, etc) made in Pakistan. 

Best,

Didier