posted 07-15-2016 07:31 AM            

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Originally posted by sazikov2000:

In the last 6 month an increasing number of Russian Silver fakes could be seen at eBay and little European auction houses. Mostly things made by Fabergé, Ovtschinnikov, Klingert and Gratschev. These things are total fakes. The newest trick is to take some fine Austrian-Hungarian silver, remove the original hallmarks and re-hallmark it with the names from above. The only problem the fakers have are the different sized punches for the different places on a piece, which m u s t be hallmarked! So they have the wrong stamps on the wrong places. That is what an experienced collector know and look for. Why do you think somebody try to sell a dozen "real" Fabergé spoons at eBay, starting at US$ 15.00 with no limit (!) or at an unknown auction house somewhere in the province, when Christies or Sothebys exist?

Please use your brain!

I show some Fabergé punches (real ones from my collection) and even a naive person can see the difference and the details. I can show every punch of every important Russian silversmith in all its variants (cigarette case, vase, Beaker, spoon, flatware, hollowware etc.) in natura! If you need some, let me know.

Please compare this hallmarks with the hallmarks you often see at "occasions"!

Much luck

Sazikov 2000

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Hello Sazikov,

Taking up your kind offer in another post: do you have any hallmarks by St. Petersburg silversmith GAS (Gustav Alexander Sohlmann) to show, preferably from around 1877?