02-01-2006, 11:41 PM
yolkin Wrote:I diagree!
The point of a Certificate of Auhenticity is the security a buyer feels and a "good faith" promise the authenticator gives when transacting a piece. The "good faith" promise can be backed by a financial restitution guarantee or a fairly simple disclaimer similar to PMD's.
A dealer should absolutely offer authentications for his merchandise, otherwise why shop with him/her? Additionally, since these dealers acquire their merchandise from presumably trustworthy sources they should back their pieces up with a guarantee (which they currently do). Now, for the non-dealer inventory, the dealers having acquired the necessary knowledge when purchasing pieces for resale could conceivably be impartial to pieces seeking certification. Should a particular piece interest a dealer, a fair market offer would be made and if agreed by the current powner, the piece would be acquired by the dealer.
I fail to see where the members here make the connection between saying Alexei is an honest and trustworthy dealer AND we cannot have him authenticate awards (uhmmm ... because he is honest and trustworthy?!:confused
I can see how some can argue this "devil's advocate" side, but I prefer the "other" side - the real one ... Unfortunately, the reality is that these arguments are moot points since Alexei is not really interested in providing the authentication service.
And I disagree with you because it is a conflict to have a dealer authenticate his own peices for sale. You need a third a party.
I once had a dealer who had an order that I wanted, but I wanted it sent to Paul, he refused to do so, and is a well known dealer. His opinon was different from Pauls and he knew it was going to come back as fake.
As for Alexei, he is well respected and if I buy from him. I already know he is not going to sell me anything that is a fake. And if he has doubts he sends it to Paul.
