Did you spot the fakes from the warning page?

Take a look here and see if you knew the genuine article from the worthless junk.



 


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All 4 of these pieces have been heat-stained.

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This is another heat-stained piece. 

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These pieces are both heat-stained.

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Two porcelain pieces, both genuine.

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This little Agee from down under is in its original glorious color.

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This piece has been irradiated.

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This piece is heat-stained.

Pretty, but not worth the price.

 

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These two beehives are in their genuine, 
unaltered colors.
 
 

 

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This piece has been painted.


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These two "Mickey Mice" are the genuine article.
No paint on these meeces!

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This unlikely piece is heat-stained.
 
 

 

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The glaze on this piece has been overlain with a fancy new "reglaze" job. Move over, Earl Scheib!

 

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These pieces are both painted.

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This is a resin "impostulator." Nice for filling ina hole in yourcollection, but don't pay too much!

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This is another irradiated fake.

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The reglaze on these two altered porcelain pieces is so nice that the "artist" even signed them!

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This Mickey Mouse has had a fake carnival coating applied. Its pretty, but this piece never came with a factory carnival coating.

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Did you get this one right? 
It is a CD 162 in a beautiful electric blue.
It is the real thing!

 

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This lineup would feel right at home at the local constabulary. They are all heat-stained fakes.

 

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It isn't hard to tell. 
This wild reglaze is not the real deal.

 

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Did you recognize that the carnival color was fake? Good! But this little gem is also made of resin!

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 The carniehere is the real thing.

 

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These Mickey Mice are genuine in color and design.

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Better living through nuclear power? Thecolor on these pieces has been achieved through irradiation.

 

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This Lynchburg beehive is 100% genuine, right down to the drip points.

 

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Could this sapphire blue beehive be real? You bet it is!

 

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Seeing triple? Triple heat-stained CD 128s!

 

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Even more heat-stained pieces. 
This guy's kitchen must be getting pretty hot!

 

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This big Agee piece is the companion to the little guy up above. Also the real McCoy!

 

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What do you think? 
The crackle finish and grape color are a dead giveaway. This piece is altered.

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