Didier Attaix Posted April 22 · Member Share Posted April 22 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 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 22 · Supporter Share Posted April 22 (edited) How are you able to tell they are genuine? With a coin, it would be style, weight, patina, encrustations, casting bubbles and seams etc. but maybe not for amulets. Edited April 22 by John Conduitt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted April 22 · Member Share Posted April 22 Congratulations, @Didier Attaix! I have to guess that the main criterion in authenticating this stuff is likely style (apart from more random details like authentication by the British Museum). You've got the eye for this stuff that I don't! ...Someday, I'd really like to find a scarab, ideally New Kingdom or Third Intermediate period. But I'm still frankly terrified of ebay, and have never settled on one elsewhere. This has to be the one area in which my engagement with the context is in the most flagrant contrast to my vacuuous ignorance of the objects themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didier Attaix Posted April 22 · Member Author Share Posted April 22 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 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted April 23 · Member Share Posted April 23 (edited) Wow, @Didier Attaix, you have clearly made full use of your good fortune! Congratulations on both. Not to mention the brilliant examples. ...I'd be interested in messaging Bron, here, but I can only guess what his name for the forum is. Would you be okay with messaging me regarding that ...and with me linking to this thread in a prospective, eventual message to him? Right, I could always start out by asking him whether, by any chance, he could suggest any current dealers off the top of his head (preferably lower-end). Thanks again for your kind attention to my aspiration. Edited April 23 by JeandAcre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AETHER Posted April 23 · Member Share Posted April 23 Hmm I just bought a faience Ushabtis from ZURQIEH's ebay. Hope its REAL! His stuff strikes me as authentic so I wasn't really skeptical.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted April 23 · Supporter Share Posted April 23 3 hours ago, JeandAcre said: messaging Bron https://www.collector-antiquities.com/about-this-site/introduction.html In case it helps. Contact info there too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted April 23 · Member Share Posted April 23 Many thanks, @Deinomenid! Instantly bookmarked, and I'm about to register! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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