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The forums are mostly about silver hallmarks and other marks in relation to silver.
Not about items made of semi precious stones.
My advise is to study and or buy the relevant books about Faberge and Russian hallmarks. NB. Information about Russian hallmarks and maker's marks are often written in ...

I'm seeing your point about the box..I did see some wear on the insole but the box indeed seems too good for a 100+ year old item. I guess it's not realistic a wodden box looks like that after that much time, even if kept safely..

The images are authentic, the photographed Faberge(?) items probably not. For example the "Faberge" box looks brand new
The third images shows forgeries of the Faberge mark and the Russian hallmarks. And yes, it is difficult to judge from photos.

Peter


Thank you. How can the forgery be ...

If you browse the Russian forum, read the topics you will find most of your answers.

For example Russian pseudo ( fake) marks, at auction.
https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=39613&p=110020&hilit=oel+auction#p110020
Faberge is not for beginners, you need a lot of knowledge and ...

Hi Andrew, welcome to the forum.
Fake or Fortune?
Answers you can find in the Russian forum.
https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=46

Peter.


Hi Peter,

thank you, the way I see this topic has been moved to that forum now so it's in the correct place? Thank you for that!
Is that in ...

So for example items that usually end up purchased for <2-3000 usd on online auction sites like Invaluable or sites like Etsy, and have the I.P. makers mark are very likely to be fake? I can't really link anything here in particular but a quick search will yield plenty of such example.

Here are a ...

Hi,

I read as much as I could about authenticity of Faberge items and my conclusion is that most of the items that are purchasable below a few thousand dollars are fake.
Does it mean that there is practically no way someone can buy an authentic Faberge (or even Rappoport I.P.) item unless they ...