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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: johnphilip on January 15, 2012, 09:56:00 AM
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A piece of Gordiola glass listed as Moser on ebay has just sold for 235.88 pounds mine are averaging 25 pounds some with the same artwork , it pays to tell porkies, but i can sleep at night even when fuming . :sleep: well now and again . :sleep: jp.
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sold to someone who should have done his (or her) homework better and who should be more pitied than scolded. But the seller is another matter.
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Seventeen bids i believe five bidders so the word hasnt got around yet . I wonder if he sells mugs as well as selling to mugs .
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More money than sense! Once saw a little Heron Glass iridescent vase being sold as Loetz and went for something ridiculous like $400 and it's the sort of thing that's worth about £10 if you're very lucky!
People would rather pay through the nose for something incorrectly attributed than buy the genuine article.
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:grrr: I pity the buyer as well. Lots of people don't 'do' homework, because they believe they are buying what is advertised of course.
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Not as bad as the bit of quite ordinary pink Royal Brierley (Studio style, designed by the Harris family) which went for around £1,000 as "Loetz".
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Then there is the 99p Bagley Posy that went for £75
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A couple of weeks back I decided to write a few sellers that the "Murano" glass figures they were selling were contemporary Chinese pieces. I sent them links to their pieces so they could see. The sellers were asking up to $200 for their pieces! These have no collector value and might sell for $19 retail on a good day. The sellers that responded said thank you, but didn't change their listings. This showed me there was a deliberate attempt to defraud. One has to walk carefully on eBay. There are a lot of good sellers, but there are just as many who talk sweet and pick people's pockets.