[Mccoypottery-talk] Fake McCoy Cookie Jars

[BarbCrews]

Private auctions... always a warning flag.   I know there are some 
legitimate sellers that use private auctions, but
unless I "personally" know them, I will NEVER bid on one ..
Several years ago folks were emailing people bidding on the fake McCoys and 
causing bidders to withdraw their bids..
hence going to private auctions..

bc
At 07:25 PM 1/23/02 -0500, you wrote:
>On the subject of fake McCoy cookie jars, I recently got very upset when I 
>realized that the cookie jars I was bidding on were fakes, or at least 
>some of them. I did watch the auctions, a Pixie head and a Little Red 
>Riding Hook each sold for over $170.00, an Indian Head for over $200.00 
>some "rare" Mammys for over $130.00, but the one that tipped me off was 
>the Brush Davey Crockett, my Schroeder's Antiques Price Guide says (under 
>Brush-McCoy, Brush) that cookie jars marked Brush-McCoy are not authentic. 
>So I started checking McCoy and Brush sites and realized that there was 
>slight differences. This and the fact that the auctions were all private 
>auctions,(so you couldn't warn anyone else) and his/her feedback is also 
>private. I don't know if all his/her jars were fake but I will definitely 
>will not bid on any of his/her auctions. Wanted to put my 2 cents worth in 
>too. Jo

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