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Originally Posted by Plinvestments
Got it, so its not based on experience or skill.
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that's right, its not based on any particular experience or skill, it's based on contacts and who you know.
emr's are reluctant to report authentication companies items as well, its a fault on two fronts.
i have let an emr know of these items and he says he doesnt have time to report them, of course these are items with a large company cert. he doesnt have 5 minutes evidently to send an email along with the proof on these pages. that's what we are all up against. fakes are fakes. certed by these companies or not.
but we have to pull teeth to get a lot of places to pull an item that has an authentication company cert. the reasoning is that the auction houses don't want to erode consumer confidence in the authentication company. if the public sees these certed items being pulled for authenticity reasons, then the public will wonder if these companies are doing a good job and if it is worth it to send the items in.
then the relationship between the auction house and the authentication companies are now strained because the auction house pulled their cert, and these companies are suppose to be pre-approved authenticators and their certs the so called gold standard.