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gramophone-georg wrote: Thu Jul 01, 2021 2:08 pm I'd think that anyone who has been in this hobby longer than about 15 min would have noticed the repro horn by the way the bell fits the cone.

George has a good point and since there are no pics of this thing, I am posting two.

Looks like a $45 brass repro cylinder witch's hat to me. Just glad no-one got torched and Jose got his money back. Say whatever negative you will about eBay- the dispute process can be a real positive, as we can see here.

Governor Flyball wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 4:23 pm There are various logical telltale signs of fakery that often jump out.

But the clincher was the Berliner 1894 on the plaque!

hence my joke about a roman coin with a date of 83 bc stamped on it

lol I didn't caught it at first!