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YOU ARE HERE: REAL or FAKE>>Fake Tell Halaf figurines page 5

So, after looking at the 4 previous pages you might have decided that eBay is not a good place to find a genuine example of one of these.

Perhaps you have thought that you will make enquiries about bidding at one of the main auction houses.

After all............

However read this.

Dr. Oscar White Muscarella, received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences in 1965. A specialist in the art and archaeology of the ancient Near East, he has been on staff of the Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1964.

Among his many scholarly publications are: Ancient Art: The Norbert Schimmel Collection, Bronze & Iron: Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The Catalogue of Ivories from Hasanlu Iran. An outspoken critic of the antiquities trade and the plunder of artifacts, he is also the author of The Lie Became Great "The Forgery of Ancient Near Eastern Cultures"

This is from this book:

(You can read two interesting reviews about this book here)

12th June 06

This seller was told in a  friendly way but decides to continue selling all these fakes.

This included.......

But do not despair.

It is perfectly possible to acquire genuine ancient artifacts.

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Not at all frequently on eBay though.

2nd December 06

For example (another!)

http://tinyurl.com/wsatl

The genuine ones were not ever  made in stone.

Amazing that anyone would believe.............!

Did she fall on her back laughing?

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This type seems quite popular on eBay! Keeps on coming back.

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Just to remind oneself what a genuine one looks like: and to emphasize that there is inded some variability in style.

This first one excavated at Chagar Bazar and the second at Tell Hassan at Hamrin dam in 1977.

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In the Louvre and in the Brooklyn museum. 

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Walters Art Museum and in Munich.

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More to watch out for>>>>>