Information 07/17/2003
Thanks to Dave & Blake for this information.
This picture is of a headvase that appeared recently
on Ebay. Thanks to Blake Dwire and Russell Nemitz for
bringing this to our attention. It appears to be a fake as the bottom ( shown
on the right side of the attached picture ) has Napco (C) 1959 821A
stamped on it. Heretofore the fakes or reproductions have not had any
numbers or manufacturers names stamped on the bottom ( with the exception
of some that have been showing up for over a year that have Nippon
stamped on the bottom ). Napco did often use a 'C' but it was a C in a
circle as in the Copyright symbol. This (C) seems to indicate Cira or CA
which is not how they were marked. This one was 3" and went for
$31.03 on Ebay. The jewelry also looks wrong for an original. We hope
these pieces won't start showing up with stamped bottoms but it looks
like it may be starting. I have now heard of 3 of these ( possibly from
the same seller ).
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