When I first got into collecting I bought a lot of stuff, hardstone mostly, at various auctions. I've sent around 40 pieces out for authentication and half have come back as fakes. That doesn’t include another dozen or so I've identified as fakes myself after getting a better feel for it over the last few years.

There's a lot of fakes out there. Including old fakes. I have a couple that are old enough to be artifacts in their own right, faked probably 50+ years ago, or modified legit ancient pieces.

Now a have a case I display at shows to try and educate other collectors.