๐ŸŒธ WIN 5 SBD! Contest! Spot the Fake #03! ๐ŸŒธ

in #contest โ€ข 7 years ago

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This is the third instalment of my #SpotTheFake contest and last week's contest had so many entries! I am so grateful to all the contestants. THANK YOU!!

๐ŸŒธWHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?๐ŸŒธ

I will be running #spotthefake every Tuesday, and I will post a few pics of a few antiques. It may be antique lighting, antique furniture, or even top designer furniture. One or more will be fake or reproduction.

It's up to you to #spotthefake. Post your choice in the comments, and maybe let me know why you think that.


๐ŸŒธRULES๐ŸŒธ

  • To enter, you must upvote and resteem my post
  • Leave your choice in the comments, you can choose one image, two images, or all the images - it's up to you ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜
  • The prize will be 5SBD, payable once the 7 days is up.
  • I will take all the correct answers, of the qualifying entries and do a random draw with this site

๐ŸŒธLAST WEEK'S WINNER๐ŸŒธ

Well done, @theluckygem. You are the winner!

There were quite a few correct answers, but unfortunately, some entrants did not resteem, so they did not qualify for the Random Thing Picker draw.

The answer was the first image. It is a very, very good reproduction piece, bought in Egypt. For me, the dead giveaway is the handles and other brassware. They are quite big and clunky, compared to the fine, detailed handles on the original antique piece that was in the second pic.

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๐ŸŒธ SPOT THE FAKE #03 - ๐ŸŒธ BRASS WALL SCONCE WITH CRYSTAL ๐ŸŒธ

Ooohhh!! This is a difficult one! The copy in this round is a fantastic reproduction, and when I first saw it, I had to double check with my boss where he bought it!

To enter, you must UPVOTE, RESTEEM and guess the correct image! Answer will be revealed this time next week!

Image One:

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Image Two:

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๐ŸŒธTo enter, don't forget to upvote, resteem and leave your answer in the comments๐ŸŒธ
๐ŸŒธThank you for your participation, I am super excited to see my contest grow and grow!๐ŸŒธ

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Hi @princessmewmew, nice meeting you. I just joined steemit and I have been loving what I have been experiencing here. All kind of contests. It's interesting. I will try too always follow your contests. I might be lucky.
Back to the answer. I thinks the first image is the fake one. My reason being that the image one's bulb holder has a kind of label written on it and the art work is all clustered together. The what looks like a candle is finely designed and the crystals are finely attached to each other and placed.
I hope I am right.

oh hi @seyiodus! Welcome :)

Glad to hear you are loving life here on planet Steem

I'll send you a wallet message next week when the answers are revealed !

Ciao for now

Thanks.

You are the WINNNNNERRR!!

Find this week's entry here

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Really? Thanks a lot. I can't believe that I am the winner. I am so glad. Thanks again @princessmewmew

IT's a pleasure! I am so pleased you won!

Good post, I have no idea what is fake or not when it comes to funiture, etc....News stories yes

thank you so much! you can still take a guess! You could win 5 SBD ๐Ÿ˜Š

Hi there, this seems tricky. But I'm going to say the first is fake. The complexity to electrify that sconce would be extremely hard as if this was cast during an antiquity period the unlikely the arms would have been hollow. Modern casting would have allowed these to be hollow for this purpose.
Thats my theory.

Answer and new post is up here

Yay I actually got it right basically for the right reasons as well. Pity i didn't win :( Still a cool competition :)

You were very close to being correct. Actually, now that we are so far in the 2000's, an antique is anything from 1917, and they had electricity then! Before then, there were quite a few lights that ran on gas, and these would have had hollow arms too.

If a light has those solid arms you are talking of, you know they are SUPER old, and definitely date back to before 1820.


history lesson concluded ๐Ÿ˜Ž ๐Ÿ˜Ž ๐Ÿ˜Ž

Hi @princessmewnew, this is my first attempt and hope to take part in your future calls.
Well for this pick i say image 1 is fake with regards to the bulbs. I can't make a detailed scientific explanation but the coils seem more complicated to be old and it's lable doesn't seem to be old too

Hi @troynamps - good observation ๐Ÿ˜Š

BUT antique lighting has very strict regulations, and so will be stripped of any old electrics/bulbs and replaced with modern fittings.

I will let you know the answer on Tuesday! ๐Ÿ˜Š

Well that's good to know, i have learnt something new. Thanks for the insight

thank you for entering - Answer and new post is up here

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Hello @cathynsons! It is great to see you again, thank you so much for your entry ๐Ÿ’“

I believe image 2 is fake

Oooh! You may be right, you maybe wrong! Let you know next week Tuesday! Thanks for your entry ๐Ÿ˜Š

thanks for playing - Answer and new post is up here

Hi my princess...
I am very happy to continue to follow the contest you make, it is very unique and difficult also to guess. But this time I'm pretty sure that picture no 2 is fake, it's clearly visible from the apparently less impressive model and I think it's like a counterfeit merchandise. May I be right. ๐Ÿ˜„
Thank you for your weekly contest and rewards from every of our participation :)

Hi @coretan! Thank you so much for your entry! I am so glad you entered again!

ah, boo! you are not correct this time! Answer and new post is up here

I think image one is fake.
The other one looks pretty old~the bulb holders and the look of thin wires holding the crystals together says its antique.in my opinion๐Ÿ˜ƒ

HHmmm, some very good observations there, Sherlock!

Will post next week to reveal the answer!

Waiting eagerly๐Ÿ‘€

new post with Answer is up here

Image two is the fake one

Hi @anjiba!
Thank you for your entry! Great to see a new face

Answer and new post is up here