Originally posted by Br. James
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No, your not being honest because the truth is these items and their type have been bought to market many times on provenance juat like this, but that is really not the point as much as having all you guys beating the crap out of this guy because he purchased silverware to Heinrich Himmler.
How many times do you get 1st hand rock solid provenance on an item, let alone a piece of silver. You joined a gang that beat this guy with a stick. He purchased HH silverware with provenance that while thin is recognizable to anyone that has seen these types of purchases as legitimate. The silverware is in line with the period, it is manufactured of the period, the initials are properly applied, and there is a letter that while not rock solid, is in fact what is often encountered. There has been one seller who comsigned to AHA and his name is in the auction description, he has been known to beat the bushes for this material, and while no one is an angel this is one batch from one seller, of a specific maker and pattern. Why is there 3 pages of thrashing on this guy?.
The market decides the value of provenance and its strength, that is how the market works and the way it has always worked. I see nothing on Jo Rivett's resume that says he is the guy on silver, or many other things, yet he is becoming more and more the expert on every item and critic of such, especially when particular sellers or venues handle it or have hanled it, it is selective and it is noticeable. You want to join that band and carry on about a spoon tht is up to you, but after 3 pages and several days I personally have had enough. Leave the guy alone, you cannot say the silverware is bad, you can not deny the valisity of the provenance, and while it may be thin it is all many habe on items in their collections that back much more important items. You do not want to set this standard and you should think.
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