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Wow, another big scam at an auction house - what a "surprise"!
And there are always the same people involved in the background, who is still buying anything that is even remotely associated with these "honorable gentlemen"? Are people really this stupid and/or ignorant? I wouldn't touch any watch from them with a ten foot pole, is this all about money laundering or what? I don't get it, seriously!
More crazy fakes…
https://perezcope.com/2024/10/16/shitshow-in-monaco-a-made-up-rolex-daytona-john-player-special-and-a-fake-tiffany/ This and the other deep dives Perezscope has done have completely turned me off vintage watches. I’m ok with lower value watches where ther...
Sometimes it seems like this whole thing is a game of musical chairs
It doesn't matter if the thing you bought is no good as long as you can still pass it along to someone else. The only problem is if the music stops... and perezcope is always looking to stop the music!
My feelings have been the same for some time.
What’s interesting to me is that many collectors used to look down on modern watch collectors or indie collectors with the view that it was less scholarly. To them, to be a vintage collector required a greater skill set or knowledge and that was somehow s...
Only thing worse is the hypocrisy of watch related media...
Some stories that deserved to be headlines on all watch media live and dies in a relatively small circle of those who follows Jose... but hey, we live in a world with livestream genocide, so be blind on a story of franken dial is maybe not a big thing aft...
Too many unscrupulous people
in the vintage arena. I’ve been out for years. I’m not a big gambler.
This is why i never looked are considered buying a vintage tbh .
I am no expert or have the skills to see whats good or not . Like you said a minefield.
Wow, another big scam at an auction house - what a "surprise"!
And there are always the same people involved in the background, who is still buying anything that is even remotely associated with these "honorable gentlemen"? Are people really this stupid and/or ignorant? I wouldn't touch any watch from them with a ten...
Thanks for the link. I read the whole thing..
He surely held no punches especially in reference to Goldberger.