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More dodgy auction listings..
Did anyone watch/view the Bristol auction rooms today....again what looks like some awful stuff........this sold for over £600.....
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....I am sure I have seen this listed previously (recently) somewhere else prior to this latest sale.
Edit: Not the same one - but in my opinion, one that is from the same stable of manufacture! (Link here) Image of this lot appended to this posting
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Some of the ones in the OP look to be identical to ones in this lot of 'fine' specimens too!
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The "secret" ones were in a post a couple of weeks ago. https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...ghlight=secret .
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I have zero knowledge of special forces items from anywhere (not my field) but I wouldn't want to add any of these to my collection if i collected SF items.
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Pretty sure they're not mate.
£600 is a huge blow for any collector. This compounds my desire to see something done about auction houses who knowingly sell fake items (Or at least 'Auction houses who are able to cast ambiguity upon a fake item to give the impression that it is real - also affording them plausible deniability when sticky fingers are pointed.) It is criminal activity.
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Andy
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I get the outrage about Auction Houses that are conservative with their description or don’t do due diligence but frankly it’s a 50 50 transaction somewhere out there are bidders not prepared to do research, invest in books or indeed join online forums. We all get caught out occasionally but some of these copies are well documented and in the C21 there is so much more research material available to the potential bidder that I am pressed to have much if any sympathy. If people keep bidding for cr*p then less reputable auction houses will take consignments from the crooks peddling this stuff.
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Your point is akin to 'victim blaming'. If an auction house list something as 'LRDG Pith helmet' for instance, and the auction house know the item is fake - how can that be the buyers fault? It is not 'conservative' to list a fake item and add 'type' to the description. Its fraud. The buyer isn't trying to deceive anyone - the vendor and the auction house are. Transactions are 50/50 - but the blame in this instance is not.
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Quis Separabit Last edited by seanhath; 16-02-21 at 05:22 PM. Reason: typo |
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No one is forced to bid.
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regards
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The collection of sas badges are the same as regularly sold by one of our favourite ebay sellers from near stanstead and are not genuine
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Were the SAS badges on the Top Secret headed paper fake also ?
Andy
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Yes, all the same fakes
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Regards, Jerry |
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