How to Tell Fake Antique Crocks

Video Transcript

"When you are buying crock one of the things you really have to pay attention to is reproductions and fakes. They are out there and they are not always easy to spot but if you look for a few of the details you can possibly pick up on some of these crocks. What they do today is they would take a old crock like this that has been worn or has a worn surface on it just like this and it won't have any cobalt on it. What they would do is apply this cobalt on later and it would look as this crock was dated from the 1850s when in fact it doesn't the cobalt is actually newer edition to the crock. Which enhances the value if they are selling as a crock that was 1850s but when you add the cobalt and it is brand new it is not original so you are not getting what you are paying for so be careful about the stylize blue that is apply on any of these crocks because sometimes it is not real. Those are the one of the things that you need to watch out for. There are crocks out there that have been restored, highly restored and they added dates to the top of them that are not original or they would refinish a surface on a crock like this, put a whole new cobalt, redo the whole crock and it is not original to what it was. So you should be paying for a crock that looks like a 1850s crock and when in fact it has all been redone. So a recondition pot is not necessarily the same price as a crock in original condition you are going to pay a lot more for a crock that is in a original condition. So some of the things to watch out for when you are looking to buy a crock here are totally reproduction complete reproduction that people put out there and try to make people feel like they are old. They would take a brand new crock and they'll change the dates or the face of it and it will, they would try to sell ti as a newer crock. So be careful it is buy or beware when you get out there and you start buying these crocks just be careful that you buy from a repeatable dealer and you take the time to really know the person you are buying this from and understand how these fake can be produce so that and take a look of them at first so then you can recognize them when you go out to buy. So those are a few things to look for when you are buying crocks."