LastDodo site & app/How is this possible at the antiques / curiosities auction?11 messages

There is a lot to criticize at the current curio auction, but the fact that providers abuse the ignorance of the auctioneers to get through dozens of rattling / fake lots per auction is starting to stand out.

See a bedpan here , clearly from around 1970 and the supplier knows that. Can he take a picture of the inside so that it can be seen that a coal has never burned in it?

Clearly a machine-pressed top, no patina or wear and a pathetic copper cast hinge.

Even though it's serious, we can laugh about it. Just like those mortars, candlesticks, Hanukkah candlesticks, scales, table bells, etc. from around 1970 that are offered as early 20th century, or even 19th or 18th century.

You can also see it from the bids. They probably won't go beyond the retail price. Of course, it can also be the auction pressure that causes the price to rise. We will see.

I also offer things that require a lot of research beforehand.

see for example this lot

http://veiling.catawiki.nl/kavels/587981- cast-iron- balance- scale-eerste-helft-20e-eeuw

Better be honest than selling junk like antiques.

Scale still works fine

Maybe I am mistaken, but should such a scale not be perfectly balanced if there are two empty containers on it?

Doesn't seem like the right bowl to me. Which is lower, often has a kind of "pouring spout" for sugar or i.d. pour into a bag. Do have one in an image.

@Disneymeentwijck

we zullen inderdaad zien, zoals bij vele kavels, of de bieders meer verstand van zaken hebben dan de veilingmeesters. In deze veiling telde ik tussen neus en lippen door makkelijk 15 niet-kloppende omschrijvingen. En dan gaat het niet om details.

@Wesfotograaf

Dit is wel een oudje, maar de bakjes kloppen inderdaad niet  ;-)

ik bedoel dit soort kitsch van tussen 1965 en 2000

dit

dit

dit

dit  1771?  1971 misschien

dit

dit

dit

dit  (chinees, gewoon te koop bij de groothandel)

dit  (met een verzonnen naam, idem chinees, en gewoon verkrijgbaar bij de groothandel)

dit

dit

dit

dit  gewoon nog te koop bij de groothandel

dit  idem dito (en de aanbieder weet het)

dit  de gemiddelde chanoeka kandelaar van rond 1970, wordt hier veel aangeboden met altijd een onjuiste datering

etc etc. Het is een oneindige stroom

@Disneymeentwijck

we will indeed see, as with many lots, whether the bidders are more knowledgeable than the auctioneers. In this auction I easily counted 15 incorrect descriptions between nose and lips. And it's not about details.

@Wesfotograaf

This is an oldie, but the trays are indeed wrong ;-)

I mean this kind of kitsch from between 1965 and 2000

this

this

this

this 1771? 1971 maybe

this

this

this

this (chinese, just for sale at the wholesaler)

this (with a made-up name, the same in Chinese, and simply available from wholesalers)

this

this

this

this is still for sale at the wholesaler

ditto ditto (and the provider knows it )

this is the average Hanukkah candlestick from around 1970, is often offered here with an incorrect date

etc etc. It is an infinite stream

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Mein for everything

maybe jean luc does not think it is that chinese forgeries of his are sold?

because if this is real it will cost a little more

http://www.brandily.com/blog/

Every week we auction more than 5,000 lots that consist of more than 10 objects on average.
That's more than 250,000 lots and 2.5 million objects per year.

With this kind of numbers it is unavoidable that something is occasionally overlooked by an auctioneer.
Compiling auctions is human work. And people just make mistakes.
I would like to hear from those who do not understand what work he does himself and how he ensures that a mistake is never made.

It is more than welcome to report discovered imperfections to the relevant auctioneers.
Naturally, they must also carefully investigate these reports
What is not welcome at all is putting auctioneers in very negative terms on this forum.
Some users do this here regularly without any nuance, whereby it is striking that it is often people who have previously applied with us as an auctioneer and were not hired. Which suggests that posting is also done with an ulterior motive.

Tammo Meedendorp
Manager Auctioneers

Iedere week veilen we ruim 5.000 kavels die gemiddeld uit meer dan 10 objecten bestaan. Dat zijn meer dan 250.000 kavels en 2,5 miljoen objecten per jaar.

Soms kan minder meer zijn. Minder veilingen en meer opletten?

Ik wijs niet met de vinger, de kopers zijn net zo 'schuldig' als ieder ander, maar feit blijft dat er veel wordt aangeboden dat niets met curiosa te maken heeft.

Every week we auction more than 5,000 lots, which on average consist of more than 10 objects. That is more than 250,000 lots and 2.5 million objects per year.

Sometimes less can be more. Fewer auctions and more attention?

I'm not pointing the finger, the buyers are just as 'guilty' as anyone else, but the fact remains that there is a lot on offer that has nothing to do with curiosities.