October - Buyer Beware - How to waste $18,000

To show how careful it is necessary to be, unless you know what you are buying, here are four examples where a buyer could easily waste $18,000!!

As a warning to collectors, these fake miniature were recently, or are currently, being offered on Ebay for a total of $19,000 but together are worth less than $1000 in total.

The first of Napoleon, priced at $3100 and worth about $250
ANTIQUE PORTRAIT MINIATURE Signed GERARD Sitter-ARTIST

The second a copy of self portrait by Vigee le Brun, priced at Buy-It- Now for $4999, but worth about $150.

ANTIQUE PORTRAIT MINIATURE Signed GERARD Sitter-ARTIST

The third a copy supposedly by Isabey, priced at $7500, but worth about $150

Miniature Oil Napoleon II Signed Isabey

MINIATURE OIL PAINTING DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE LAURENT
Another one priced at $3599 and worth $300, mainly for the frame.
All I can say is please take care what you buy!