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A good friend of mine won several ebay items from Heritage-Museum Gallery. The items are HUGE 18TH CENT GOLD GILT BRONZE BUDDHA EX-MUSEUM, RARE CHINESE NEOLITHIC TERRA COTTA URN 3000 BC, and HUGE CHINESE TANG PAINTED TERRA COTTA HORSE 800AD. I am wonder if anyone familiar with this company and the authenticity of these items. The winning price is rather low (about 500-800 usd.
Link to the items on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=006&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=160117563313&rd=1&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=006&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=160117561208&rd=1&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=006&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=160117563019&rd=1&rd=1

Any expert advice? thanks

David

Nice copy pieces.

Buddha gold robe are made from acrylic paint, not from gold leaves.

The pot is too thick.

And the Tang style horse (tail, saddle, hooves, legs, mouth, hair are not in style of Tang, Liao, Jin etc..) new, but nice.

There is a good chance that the seller's original purchase price of these fake items are a tiny fraction of what they sold for. USD500-800 is not cheap nor spare chance. There is also a good chance they will whack your friend with a hefty shipping charge where the actual shipping cost is only a fraction of the shipping charge they give your friend. It's up to your fried if they want to go ahead with the purchase.

Heritage Museum is a joke--REPRODUCTION MUSEUM would be a better name

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