Ebay godet... another sigh..

[morel5000]

Hi All,

new Godet core?

http://cgi.ebay.de/EK1-GODET-mit-Geg...item4a9ce8b23b

Best regards,

Michel

[gregM]

Another one for my FAKES file.

[VtwinVince]

They tried a little too hard with the markings.....

[Montgomery Burns]

aim bin watching this one fore a week ,,,,

I was wondering WY it took so long to be revealed here ?

and that is not the only weird ek on the German e bay ,,,

lots off rely good fake 1870 ek's passed by to ,,

[Don D.]

Not really watching EKs right now.

[Montgomery Burns]

just to be honest,,,,there are passing also very nice original ek's the last few month .

saw one ek1 JHWerner with pin system
and two very good godet ek1 with fangs ,,,fore a god price to

so not all is bad

[Don D.]

Deals can be found if you know what you are looking at.

[Don D.]

Posting pics of this ugly fake GODET since when the auction fades away this thread will still be good.
Front.

[Don D.]

reverse.

[Don D.]

side.

[Don D.]

and BS marks.

[Mike Kenny]

Interesting. The obverse looks like a S&L TR or earlier 57er core/frame. I'm wondering if this is another example of a "frankenstein" cross - ie original obverse, fake reverse - rather than an out-and-out fake.

Regards
Mike

[Brian S]

Yes, I was thinking the obverse was very convincing.

[streptile]

Interesting. The obverse looks like a TR or earlier S&L 57er core/frame. I'm wondering if this is another example of a "frankenstein" cross - ie original obverse, fake reverse - rather than an out-and-out fake.

Regards
Mike

We see this so much lately -- core swapping coupled with the addition of desirable marks -- that I wouldn't doubt it for a second. It's a dangerous way to make a fake.

[saschaw]

Not a nice story... asking on a forum, getting told it's not the real thing, and then selling "without garanty"...



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