StoryBook Ceramics : We Hate Fakes Too

"You can help the IACC combat trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy by sending information on infringers and pirates directly to us. Whenever you encounter counterfeits online, on the street or at a flea market, our member organizations and law enforcement officials need to know."

International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition

For those of you who have been burned in the past by counterfeit pottery, here is a link to a website where you can report your experience and get it documented (and hopefully investigated!). The website has an email address, phone number and mailing address for snail mail.

The only way to combat the fakes is to make sure the people selling them are reported to the right agencies and groups. If enough people complain, the "powers the be" will be forced to notice and take another look at the legal loopholes that allow this shady business to go on.

So, don't just get mad. Report, report, report.

Ah, the good ole' days.

Once upon a time, the Hull Little Red Riding Hood line was one of the easiest groups of pottery to authenticate. Although there were some examples of the original cookie jars and accessories made with interesting or "one-off" decals, the general rule for beginner to moderate collectors was: If it doesn't have the poppy, violet and daisy decal, don't buy.

Here's a NEWS FLASH! Forget the decals. They've been duplicated, and they are everywhere.
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We've been saying it for years now, and it's fallen on mostly deaf ears. The collector books are wrong. The collector websites are wrong. The "fakes' education pages are wrong. And now, here it is, and "I told you so" feels pretty hollow.

Once and for all, SIZE DOESN'T MATTER.

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Welcome to the new StoryBook Ceramics "We hate fakes too..." blog.

This blog was inspired in large part by a recent trip of mine to the NMXpress Website.

There is a page on that website that puports to deal with the topic of "Reproductions, Commemoratives, and Look-a-Likes".
http://members.aol.com/mccjs/repro.htm

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