Didier Attaix
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Hi,
Your amulet is a rare type of fish, I never came across. I would be pleased to include it in my blog. Your contribution will be acknowledged either nominatively or anonymously at your convenience. If you agree, please provide me with better pictures.
Thank you for your attention,
Didier
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Hello everybody,
When continuing to implement my blog on Egyptian amulets, I found these two, which are fully undescribed:
All the best,
Didier
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It turns out that the Drouot amulet and the one I bought are identical. The Drouot images were distorted! The winning bidder of Drouot speculated with it and carefully repaired it. I believe the amulet is a Sobek-Amun. I did get an appointment in June with a curator of the British Museum to discuss its significance, with 3 other rare ones. OK I will provide more pictures when I will get it.
Best,
Didier
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Hi everybody,
I just bought in Spain (thanks to somebody) a very rare amulet of a ram-headed crocodile, fully undescribed.
This is the one at the bottom left, see below.
All the best,
Didier- 3
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Hi everybody,
I've got a reply from a dedicated collector of ancient glass. This flask is not Roman, but in the style of Eastern Mediterranean glass flasks.
For a parallel see https://www.imj.org.il/en/collections/246575-0 in the Israel Museum.
Best,
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Hi everybody,
In reply to Donna: When I bought these items on eBay they were 98% of fakes. I bought three, but made claims and was refunded.
In reply to Kaleun: All these items were bought decades ago and the personal data, which are in my documents may be obsolete. However, you are right, I just deleted my attachments.
Best,
Didier
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Hi everybody,
I bought this morning in an obscure French auction this glass flask, see pictures.
It was said to be Roman, 1st century BC-2nd century AD. Could be of another origin, as the sale room barely sell antiquities. H 10.7, W 3.2, D 3.0 cm. In any case this was cheap €135 S&H included.
Any comment will be appreciated.
Best,
Didier
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Hi everybody,
See attachments, you must very seriously need what you are buying.
Best,
DidierPS I deleted the attachments, which did contain personal data
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Hi JeandAcre,
Many thanks,
Didier
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Hi Ursus, JeandAcre and Kali,
Many thanks for your replies,
All the best,
Didier
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Hi everybody,
When cleaning my garage I found these two silver square arabic coins. After some research on the internet I guess they are both square dirham silver almohade.Each coin is 1.4 x 1.4 cm and has a weight of about 1.5 g.I do not believe they have some value, but I am a full crap in this area. May be they are not correctly oriented, sorry about that.Any expert opinion will be appreciated.Best,DidierCoin 1Coin 2- 3
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In reply to Jazz numismatics,
I agree that the Corning Museum did not say it was not authentic. But they shared my opinion on this puzzling artefact., which is presumably not Romano-Egyptian. Islamic? possibly. I continue to research on this artefact and will soon contact another American Museum with a superb glass collection.
I hate buying artefacts that I do not understand, this is for me my very first priority, but unfortunately many collectors do not do this. My second priority is to learn about the technique used, as they are so many!
Best,
Didier
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Hi everybody,
When browsing again the Egyptian amulet collection of the Walters arts Museum, I found these two I never came across:
https://art.thewalters.org/detail/6999/pantheistic-deity-pendant/
https://art.thewalters.org/detail/17729/head-of-a-crocodile/
Best,
Didier
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On 5/10/2024 at 10:42 PM, JeandAcre said:
Shoot, condolences, @Didier Attaix. But it's never anything but encouraging when you find dealers whose ethics only surpass their level of expertise (in any given context ...however arcane).
No problem, I was refunded of half my buying price as I did ask to Chris Martin. Whatever this artefact is, this is for me a masterpiece, because of this:
The inlay is not flat as usually, 1. The nose is in relief, 2. The upper face is convex, 3. It is made of two layers of glass, the lower one being translucent, and 4. Six
colours were used: green, black, yellow, orange/red, translucent, the pupils being dark red. L 1.6 cm.
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Hello everybody,
You might remember my previous post concerning a very bizarre inlay I bought from Chris Martin in London (chairman of ADA). I painfully restored it correctly, see attached picture below.
I had doubts concerning Chris Martin's description as Romano-Egyptian. Thus, I did contact the Corning glass Museum to get an advice. I am copying their reply below, which clearly indicated that this artefact is not an antiquity:
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Thus, I forwarded this message to Chris Martin, asking for a refund of half my buying price, since I decided to keep this artefact, whatever it is. I was immediately refunded via my PayPal account, as expected, confirming that Chris Martin is highly reliable.
Best,
Didier
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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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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
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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- 3
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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
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You can add mine to this collection!
All the best,
Didier
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Rare Egyptian amulets of Oxyrhynchus
in Antiquities & Artifacts
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Thanks Antwerpen, there is no hurry at all as I will be next week in London.
All the best,
Didier