Fancy knockoffs?

[jayinhk]

This seller on the 'bay has what look like lao zhuni teapots, but I suspect they're just fancy knockoffs. Asked the seller about his purchases from 5000friends and he said he'd bought some daily users. Thoughts?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Chinese ... SwL7VWo1Fl

[steanze]

I've seen it. IMO replicas - I asked for more info and the pots lack the late Qing juncture line inside.

[jayinhk]

Price would seem too good to be true, too, especially if the seller knows what real antique ones are worth, and if he's a tea drinker he might! Also all of his three-legged pots are stained in the same manner.

[Drax]

Interesting...

I notice that he makes no claims on age, which is probably wise. If they are knock-offs, could this be a case where the knock-offs are still good?

[jayinhk]

Who's ponying up $275? I bought two pots (one zhuni, one duanni) and then got cold feet and asked for a refund. Both looked great, but the similarities in staining between pots worried me, and then steanze said they lacked the juncture line.

[Drax]

That's definitely well above my line for an unknown vendor and no hands-on....!

[jayinhk]

Yup, seems like too much of a gamble to me, but I thought I could force a return based on the antique claim, and the seller said I could return them if unsatisfied. $50 for EMS is highway robbery though.

[BioHorn]

Yup, seems like too much of a gamble to me, but I thought I could force a return based on the antique claim, and the seller said I could return them if unsatisfied. $50 for EMS is highway robbery though.

His purchases from 5000Friend seems very suspicious! To my highly untrained eye, his pots sure look to be of the same genre.

[jayinhk]

Yup, the 5000Friends purchases were a definite red light. He or she just sold one lf those pots for around $350 and received positive feedback for it. His auctions are private, but I can see them on my phone for some reason!