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As I keep repeating,  although these "replicas" would not deceive any reasonably experienced collector, the fact that the fake labels are much superior to the actual artefacts makes it likely that such as these will appear on the market at a later date pretending to be genuine.

Although there are little "jokes" in a few of these labels, the majority do not contain these.

I have suggested to Mr Andrews that he ensures that there are obvious anachronisms or such "jokes" in all the fake documentation: that would make it less likely that they could be used fraudulently at a later date.

Although he showed no interest at all in doing this and this lead one to assume that he has no interest in reducing the likelihood of his products being passed of as genuine, this  has now appeared.

And I heartily approve of this!

 

 

 



Well done Mr Andrews!  Let's see more of such as this.  I might even buy one.

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Thanks to a member of this website for these images of earlier Andrews sales when he was still putting  "reproduction" on the images. Might be nice if he did this again.








 

From Allan D

I  have seen that you have shown that many of the reproductions this feller says he  makes he has actually sourced from somewhere else.

This false shabti with the winged ibis headed creature where the photograph is labeled aniquus reproductions, was actually made in Egypt as a tourist souvenir quite a few years ago.

I have sent you a photograph showing the one I bought there as well as some others sold on eBay a few years back. Feel free to use the photograph on your website.

 

 



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Thanks for that contribution.

Yes, some appears to be the case with one of the others as well.

 



Perhaps the commonest fake shabti bought by new collectors>>>>