Didier Attaix
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Hello everybody. I am not sure Bron is on Numis Forums, but he is for sure on https://groups.io/g/AncientArtifacts/post His email address is: collectorantiquities@fastmail.fm I know him very well, we met twice in London. He will certainly give you an expert advice on your scarabs and identify fakes. All the best, Didier
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Buying genuine Egyptian antiquities on eBay
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Hi Jean d'Acre, The main criterions in authenticating genuine Egyptian amulets are based on my personal experience. I had the chance to repeatedly visit the best Egyptian museums worldwide, and I have an elephant visual memory. I went to London every year for at least 25 years, when I was active. I did realize in this period that the British Museum was providing free advices. Thus, I met successively two curators John Taylor and Marcel Marée. Both were highly helpful, because they precisely identified artefacts I was totally unable to describe. Coming back to your interest in scarabs or scaraboids. I have only a few ones, not bad (see attachments). If you find a nice one to buy, contact Bron who is by far the expert in this group. Best, Didier Carnelian_scarab.doc Steatite_scarab.doc Negroid_scaraboid.doc -
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.
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Didier
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Hi everybody, This post is for members who do not believe that you can buy genuine Egyptian antiquities on eBay. To buy antiquities on eBay requires some experience. 98 % of the so called ‘Egyptian antiquities' are fakes. Indeed I bought 4 fakes on eBay: 3 on eBay UK and one on eBay Germany. I made claims and was always fully refunded. I am enclosing a document, which I routinely uses to send to professional sellers to let them know my precise interests in amulets. I did enlight in yellow the many I bought on eBay, plenty for ridiculous prices. All the best, Didier Amulets_faience_and_glass_artefacts_copie.docx
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Do not worry, I am not attaching in my posts any document with a worm. Best, Didier
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Hi everybody, The first attached example is a bronze Osiris. The two following ones (Tutu and Janiform Pataikos), attached are faience amulets. As you will see the tetrasodium salt EDTA procedure does not make any damage, preserves patina and reveals much further details. The value (if any in my attached documents) are for my son, who loves my collection. However, Romain has absolutely no idea of their value. All the best, Didier Bronze_Osiris.docx Tutu_amulet.docx Janiform_Pataikos_amulet.doc
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Hello everybody, Ending up with a restoration period, I did restore today a very rare Tutu Egyptian amulet (see attachment). I bought it for nuts (€50 including S&H by direct offer to the seller Arqueo Mundis, i.e. Galeria Felix Cervera, Carrer Consell de Cent, 286, 08007 Barcelona, Spain). ll the very best, Didier Tutu_amulet.docx
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You can add mine to this collection! All the best, Didier
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I did refine the restoration of my glass inlay. Below is the very final result. For this kind of intervention you must be very patient and meticulous. All the best, Didier
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Thank you for your detailed reply, I did appreciate, and fully trust you! Best regards, Didier
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Hello everybody, This one was also bought in Turkey in the 70s by my life partner, Josiane. She thought she'd thrown it away, believing it to be a fake, but she found it again. I gently cleaned the bronze. It seems to me to be a Hadrianus coin. The diameter is 4 cm, the weight 20 g. Any reply would be appreciated. Yours sincerely Didier
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Again, Many thanks, I really appreciated All the best, Didier
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Many thanks for your detailed reply, I really appreciated. All the best, Didier
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Hello, I also have two Byzantine coins with no idea of what they are. I am attaching two docx documents so that after opening them you can stretch the images. Any comment will be wellcome. All the best, Didier Byzantine_coin1.docx Byzantine_coin2.docx
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Yes it could be, but unfortunately I did not find any close parallel, and this is not a pendant...
