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Old 30th May 2013, 03:44 PM   #1
Dmitry
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Default How do you know it's old?
That was the title of a great Harold Peterson book on antiques and fakes, which I recommend as worthwhile read to all that collect...old things.

This bar-shot just sold on eBay for over $500.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/rare-18th-ce...vip=true&rt=nc

How do we know that it is genuine age of sail implement and not newly-made?
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