Post #392498 by TikiTres on Tue, Jul 8, 2008 3:37 PM

Hey all, I've been looking for a large fishing float to hang from an A frame beam on my back patio. I found one at a local antique shop but I'm having trouble determining if it's genuine or not (I haven't bought it yet). It's about 10" in diameter, green in color and has a heavy rope tied off exactly like the below picture (the below picture is not the one I found, this is a pic I stole off of eBay). There are a couple of things that make me suspicious. 1- it has no evidence that it has ever seen the water. It -looks- old, but there's no sand, crud or discoloration. 2- it appears to have a seam around the glass as if two glass halves were joined together. It has a pontil (spelling?) similar to the one below, but the seam makes me think it's not hand blown. I am definitely no expert on these and actually I don't particularly care if it's not genuine, I just want to make sure I'm not getting ripped off. They want 70 bucks for it. So do you think it's genuine, and even if it's fake is that price reasonable for a good fake? Thanks for the help! :)

[ Edited by: TikiTres 2008-07-08 15:37 ]