进了一只二手金葫芦请教清理问题

老支书 · 发表于 2012-3-14 16:38:02

乘等斗钵之际开始前期的修整清理工作，并利用原来的材料把固定式斗钵改造成活动式，便于以后清理。

先整修上盖平整凹陷：
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改造并安装原来的木斗钵，有趣的是原来的木斗钵除了底部的1个孔，侧面还各有2个孔：
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连续3此酒精食盐大法，清洗后等待干燥的葫芦：
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老支书 · 发表于 2012-3-14 16:45:46

今早进办公室看到一个邮包，原以定的斗钵到了，拆开一看原来是2把古董海泡，下面一把可以用硕大来形容且斗嘴是天然琥珀品相很好：
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jt · 发表于 2012-3-14 18:33:48

Nice pipes. However….

Here an article that may interest you…. caveat emptor my dear old friend.

Epoxy Reproductions Alert...

For many years, it's been known among long-time meerschaum pipe collectors that there is one or more persons fabricating epoxy reproductions of antique meerschaum pipes using the molds of the originals. One person in America began doing so in the 1970's, but he advertised and sold them openly as epoxy reproductions; another was/is a Brit who either ceased to make them or changed his advertising to indicate that his pipes were not meerschaum, but of epoxy. Others may have joined the fray, because these resin repros are appearing nowadays with greater frequency. The first formal notification of such skulduggery appeared in Rapaport, Collecting Antique Meerschaums, in which I identified a reproduction in resin best described as a blood-red pre-colored motif of a man carousing with several girls, supposedly signed by Gustav Fisher (wrong spelling), a pot metal shank band and an orange plastic mouthpiece. One American collector owns at least six of this reproduced pipe that were offered for sale in various venues from as little as $100 to as much as $600.

Since that time, the following believed-to-be resin motifs have appeared at auctions, at pipe shows, and on e-bay: (1) the "Nude Victory," a woman on the front of the bowl, her arms outstretched over her head; (2) "woman and child," two of which were recently offered on e-bay (http://cgi.ebay.com/PIPE-motif-mother-and-child-/260764388884?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb6c4 ce14#ht_500wt_1156, one in the US and one in the UK) whose shank configuration and push stem are most unusual for an "antique" meerschaum pipe, and most recently (3) the bust of a Norseman or viking, whose telltale signs of new-age construction are a latticed pot-metal shank band and an orange plastic mouthpiece, both characteristics reminiscent of the exact same components of the pipe reported on in Rapaport's book. This one is currently offered by a UK seller at: http://cgi.ebay.com/190520860390#ht_500wt_1156.

What is not known is whether the sellers of these pipes are doing so wittingly or whether they are totally unaware of and unfamiliar with what they own. Until further discovery--if discovery ever occurs--it is best that caveat emptor and "being forewarned is being forearmed" be the watchwords to buyers.

Ben Rapaport

mouse_c · 发表于 2012-3-14 21:03:20

好帖

长了不少见识，多谢jt和支书两位老兄

jt · 发表于 2012-3-15 07:09:38

You are welcome Mouse兄.

I thought you may appreciate the following extract from an article in The Antique -Shoppe Newspaper.

"….Fake Meerschaums - About 200 years ago, pressed, chip or imitation pipes and holders were produced, advertised and sold as such, and distinguishable from those made of block meerschaum. Around 1900 and until about 1930, mail-order houses, such as Montgomery-Ward, Sears-Roebuck, and the Hudson's Bay Company offered not only genuine block meerschaums, but also "imitation" and "second-quality" meerschaums, carved and plain, at a cost of between $1.95 and $4.95. The majority of these "imitations" were pressed meerschaum lap-style pipes with cherry wood stems and horn mouthpieces.

Be on the lookout for pseudo-antique meerschaum pipes appearing on the auction block and at antique shows in Europe and the United States. These fakes, or forgeries are cast of an epoxy resin. Look for a vertical seam on the bowl,' indicating that the pipe was cast in a mold…"

Maureen Timm 

老支书 · 发表于 2012-3-15 09:02:16

鼠兄：见笑了俺是不得已瞎搞，以后这固定式斗钵的葫芦是不敢碰了，除非是新斗。

jt兄：以前上过当进了一只仿冒海泡石的迷你树脂光斗，这树脂模压的仿冒花斗倒是第一次见，在e上拍斗还是尽量选Top卖家比较安全。另外，发现很多号称琥珀斗嘴其实是树脂，包括以前有些老海泡石虽然皮盒上写琥珀，其实是人工琥珀即树脂。此外，有些所谓未用过的古董斗很是可疑，主要是斗嘴的材料有问题。

谢老哥提醒，e上的山寨也不少。