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    Fakes: quality (slowly and not expertly) is on the raise


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    $480?! 8a06e501b9eb567ce6488dfc03d0d6ae.gif

    Well, maybe in China you can manufacture for a dime, but in Western- Europe you'll spend far more just making this pieces.

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    Why do you think Ernst Blass made his masterpieces in Nepal, same reason that lots of multinationals use third world labour, its all down to economics and profit margin. Also you'd pay a lot for European manufacture but it would not be as good (health and safety forbids the use of poisons in making nice enamel)

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    I notice he uses the name St John, his offering is far from saintly and he is even stupid enough to show the edge which would not fool a blind man.

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    Constitution! (nothing is sacred! :whistle:)

    Hopefully the sacred treasure is :lol:

    The problem is that next owner of these beauties can try to sell them as originals ...

    Yep...

    And it's a piece of cake to get those bars enameled.

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    Hopefully the sacred treasure is :lol:

    Too much work!

    And it will be hard to reproduce enamel with galvanoplastic :lol:

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