[Ancientartifacts] Re: casa di roma...again

Maybe this is an odd one in the listing

http://tinyurl.com/6bxfv5


a hybrid of a Nertomarus-brooch and an Eye-brooch??

Reactions on this dealer??? I would be very grateful!

Joost

--- In Ancientartifacts@yahoogroups.com, "Joost" <fibula1952@...>
wrote:
>
> Hello group,
>
> Couldn't anyone advice?
> Here is the dealers'list of casa di roma
>
> http://search.ebay.nl/_W0QQsassZcasa_di_roma
>
> It looks like a museum has been opened or an ancient antiques
dealer
> has decide to offer all his roman objects for allmost nothing.
> I cannot prove his listings are false but I do have a strange
feeling
> about most objects.The pictures aren't that sharp but show details
> and different points of view. The determination isn't allways
> correct: he mixes up greek and celtic brooches but if that was the
> only thing to bother?
> They are too good. Allmost all brooches have needles and look as
they
> are digged up yesterday and just weren't cleaned enough, the
patina's
> are all the same (well done or just good). I counted 115(!!)
different
> brooches with good stylish characteristics.All brooches do have
> needles and that's the point I'm getting suspicious about the most:
> some needles look very much the same to me, just if they were
> attached last week and all of them have 'really' forged and squared
> edges.They are sometimes too big and sometimes too bad. The
Hoddhill
> brooches do have needles that seem to be restored all. There is no
> problem with restoration if it's mentioned.
> Casa di Roma has an adress, a return policy and seems to be a
dealer
> to be trusted???
> I posted this question earlier but didn't get much response.
> His listings are frequented by other sellers and different buyers.
> His auction prices never get very high. His listings are irregular
> and certainly not very frequent.
> Prices between 20 and 30 euro (30-45 US dollars)are a rule for the
> greater part of his brooch sellings.Does he 'give them away' or is
> every dollar too much?
> I don't know anything about coins so I am hesitating to judge about
> his coin offers.
> I'm merely interested in brooches and would like to have a honest
> opinion of some experts.
> Thank you for all the reactions!!
>
> Joost
>

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