Uncovering the truth: Fake Chinese antiques at auction houses.

[@dwaynebest4130]

I just bought 4 Chinese Imari plates from an auction house in upstate NY, listing "antique" Chinese Imari plates. Thinking nobody would bother making reproduction Chinese Imari, which is not expensive, I bought the plates and they were shipped to my home. Guess what, they are fake reproductions. Thanks for the video, for a new collector, it is an eye opener.

[@stevedikovics8441]

Care to name the auction?

[@mao-chitzeng8422]

Happy New Year to Peter and all viewers here!

[@MaryKastner-og7rp]

Thanks so much for your Public Service Rants!! Rant on for 2024. Such consistent Wisdom is much appreciated in the wild West world of the Internet!

[@jackkohler1392]

Thanks for another great video. Whats true for Asian art is usually also true for other art. Just as example, even if it should be a real Monet or Picasso, if its not in the catalog de raison it wont get accepted and wont be valued as anything but a copy. As you repeatedly have pointed out, virtually all these markets are now extremely efficient, and there are a lot of people always watching.

[@christopherrichards-loubie135]

Thank you, Peter!

[@I-am-not-a-number]

Very true about keeping a low profile if you don't want to get robbed.

[@1212look]

Thank you. What a shame that the market gets flooded with fakes over time and getting worse, it is a crime to sell fakes under the guise that they are genuine antiques. Your lecture is very interesting and timely.

[@ClubXXXPoison]

They’ve been making reproductions in China for centuries, by the way. This is not new. They’re just using Auction platforms as a tool nowadays, to sell the reproductions.

[@TheTerryE]

Whatever happened with the controversy with the Rob Michiels sale last year? There were quite a few conflicting opinions on whether some of the items were fake or not. How did it play out?

[@stevedikovics8441]

Peter, interesting that Massachusetts says they have no jurisdiction over Internet sales auctions, but I bet they insist on collecting sales tax whenever there’s an auction win that’s shipped to a Massachusetts buyer.

[@DavidHarperAntiquesTV]

Excellent information, thank you Peter

[@WondrousThingswithBrianFrench]

Happy New Year ...Thanks for all you do ! I looked at over 300,000 items last year and bought 84 lots. Much of it with your help.

[@craigphillips-1]

Thanks so much for doing what you do. You call it just as it is! That takes some nerve, conviction and knowledge. I've been involved with antiques and like most, learned the hard way many times over many years. There were a lot of fakes, but the amount was a fraction of what's being sold today. I feel SO sorry for all the innocents out there who are taken in by unscrupulous auction houses! We can only hope they stumble upon your channel before they make a mistake.

[@randymoore4027]

A Vid about your own items ( appearing behind you ) with pertinent data regarding each would be very interesting as well as educational!

[@omarperez2761]

happy new year & thank you for all the advices

[@LongTrout]

Love that Peter Combs...I appreciate you teaching us this. It is important information and Peter pleases the Gods by sharing it with us. There is no higher endeavor one can undertake than to please the Gods. Take heed and take care to please the Gods as Peter does. It is worthwhile.

[@nunyabiznes4471]

Thank you, Peter. 🙂

[@kevinchambers1101]

Great program. Thanks for the practical advice.

[@susprime7018]

"You were screwed over," that's succinct, but as I was once told, "you should drop the succinct, it's redundant." Thanks for the laugh.😂

[@jamesdaigneault9582]

Empire still has a store front in Boston. Not sure if they are still active though. When I was going to grab some things from Grogan’s auction of the Armenian brothers collection I saw the building. I even snapped some photos of the “rare antiques” in the window.

[@Sad_ogorod578]

Thanks Peter!! As always, you allow me to gain rare knowledge!! such a powerful high-quality video in the New Year ❤❤❤

[@ldm7770]

Thank you and Happy New Year!

[@hetnieuwenormaalisthenewwo4853]

Happy new year to all !!!

[@lindaalaureano]

Thank you bringing forth this information. Chinese copying of foreign and domestic porcelain has been continuous since merchants were trading via wooden ships. They are very craftyy . Chinese faked English blue and white dishes.This copying is now related to everything ie. Cell phones. Buyer's choice .

[@williamwindfield4820]

Also famous auction houses sell the most fakes, all objects look like new, made today or yesterday. Several hundred years old objects look as if they were unused. Always buy what you like.

[@jianshenglin4177]

I report this issue to liveauctioner,however, they don't even care

[@russellhawkins940]

You posted last week's video for this week

[@mostlykeith]

Wouldn’t it be nice if one could just carbon date an item instead of having to rely on someone’s opinion...

[@anatolianrugs9348]

Important and well-known porcelain experts cannot even agree among themselves. One of them says authentic while the other says modern. You said that there are no vases like this for some of the vases I sent you pictures of four years ago. I saw the same vases in a museum in Taiwan. You say that only big auction houses sell real ones. This is not true,Everyone knows, please do not mislead people.