Topic: This does not look like a St Louis to me

[RescoCCC]

To me it looks like a Murano with a bogus signature scratched in to the base. What do you guys think?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/161338631327

Note to moderators: If it turns out I'm wrong, please feel free to delete this. I don't want to unnecessarily damage the seller's reputation.

[mildawg]

I agree definitely murano.

[RescoCCC]

Well, at least the seller revised after I contacted him and added a question mark to the title and a disclaimer in the listing. He also dropped the opening bid to $9.99, so it's likely nobody will get hurt.

[tropdevin]

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Hi.

I think the question mark is still disingenuous, to put it politely, when the item is a fake.

Alan

[RescoCCC]

I agree. But sometimes I think that's the best I can hope for when I contact these sellers. This one just ignored me when I told him his "Clichy" is Chinese:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/181438912657

[tropdevin]

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The original item discussed has now vanished: not ended by the seller, but removed from the eBay database, so I guess eBay pulled it.  Maybe a few people (perhaps even Saint-Louis themselves) told eBay it was a potentially fraudulent listing?

Alan

[RescoCCC]

I reported the seller. I always give them a chance to correct the listing, and if they don't I hit the report link. Sometimes eBay takes action, sometimes they don't. I think it depends on the knowledge level of the person receiving the report.