The same thing happened to me dealing with a well established and popular auction house. The item was listed and promoted as: “Vintage Native American Hopi Silver & Turquoise Necklace”. As it turns out, it was an import, and the “turquoise” beads were cheap plastic / resin. I made the same claim of misinformation, and never heard back from them. I’ve stopped buying from online auctions, it can be risky.
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Yeah, it’s awful, you kinda put the trust into the auction, as it’s an established trade, you would have thought they would have done checks on the pieces before and if they are unsure, list it as southwestern or native inspired
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