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Permalink Reply by Imran Osman on January 2, 2018 at 11:45pm

here's a screenshot of the details  

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on January 2, 2018 at 11:49pm

Now the second seller..."Basquiat" and "Warhol"...right. Lemme guess...Modig...yup. UGH! 

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on January 2, 2018 at 11:51pm

I urge you to simply get the refund offered by both seller ASAP. Apart from the signatures, the "works" are ridiculous. I have seen better synthetic Schiele on my own easel.

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Permalink Reply by wascher on January 3, 2018 at 6:42am

Good ole Simon Parr purchases tons of this crap and then sells as real legit works of art (for a mark up of course but still "peanuts" (pun intended) compared to what a real legit authentic piece of art would go for).  Its sickening.

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Permalink Reply by Imran Osman on January 2, 2018 at 11:52pm

with "works in the style of" in the description, wouldn't be possible to go ahead with a return right? *sigh* i'm thinking i might have to chalk this down as a very expensive learning experience... the ebay purchases I'm ok with, I bought them with the knowledge that it could be a fake, what really upsets me is that I paid 120 pounds to rareandsigned.com for a crap COA that's not worth the paper it's printed on.    

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on January 2, 2018 at 11:58pm

"...the work is presented, according to the regulations in force, as a copy of the author."

I'm sorry - but what other outcome is expected with this verbiage (my emphasis added) in the auction?

But I don't see why you cant simply return them. I don't any stipulations? Return because they...don't match your sofa or your dog hates them. I don't think it matters. 

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on January 3, 2018 at 12:01am

If I did issue certificates, I certainly would not issue them based on a scan. That says a lot there. A meaningful certificate, to me, would only be issued after physically handing the item in question. Anything else is essentially a "quick opinion".

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on January 3, 2018 at 12:05am

How did you pay for the 2 auctions? Paypal? That would be good.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on January 3, 2018 at 12:10am

Did it not seem a bit odd that you paid more for the authentication, the "certificate" as the authentication was "free", than to buy the items? 

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on January 3, 2018 at 12:15am

Hopefully you will simply be refunded and "all" you are out is the $ spent on the opinions. 

Have you looked at the going rate at auction (more established auctions) for authentic sketches by Schulz? That will help to orient you I suspect.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on January 3, 2018 at 12:50am

You can also read a bit more about the authenticator by using the search engine here.

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