...and now for the ebay Antoniazzi

[Televet]

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Old-master-Italian-violin-labeled-and-stamped-Antoniazzi-Romeo-1901-Look-/321975347402?hash=item4af739e8ca:g:9OkAAOSwX~dWlrOL

 

This example from Antoniazzi's  experimental phase where he was using marker pens for purfling.

[MarkBouquet]

Study this seller's eBay feedback history and you'll notice that they're getting multiple feedbacks from some of the same repeat "buyers." All those "buyers" seem to have the same challenged grasp of the English language as the seller does. It sure does seem like confederate/shill bidding is going on here. I confess that I get so tired of this stuff. Yet I also find it increasingly difficult to sympathize with the real buyers, who really make such antics possible.

[Televet]

I find it pretty depressing, yet sometimes it also makes me laugh. I don't visit ebay often except when following ebay jeopardy links or buying water powered flashing led shower heads (rather fun unless you are prone to seizures). However, my eleven year old (going on thirty!) was studying Romeo Antoniazzi scrolls as light entertainment during her day off from school and she came across this one, declaring it a fake before the page had properly loaded! She had her doubts about some other's she found but that's for another day.

[not telling]

Thumbs up for that kid of yours developing her eye. That's terrific. I thought that scroll is pleasant to look at though, even if a fake.