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When you are buying crock one of the things you really have to pay attention to is reproductions
and fakes. They are out there and they are not always easy to spot but if you look for
a few of the details you can possibly pick up on some of these crocks. What they do today
is they would take a old crock like this that has been worn or has a worn surface on it
just like this and it won't have any cobalt on it. What they would do is apply this cobalt
on later and it would look as this crock was dated from the 1850s when in fact it doesn't
the cobalt is actually newer edition to the crock. Which enhances the value if they are
selling as a crock that was 1850s but when you add the cobalt and it is brand new it
is not original so you are not getting what you are paying for so be careful about the
stylize blue that is apply on any of these crocks because sometimes it is not real. Those
are the one of the things that you need to watch out for. There are crocks out there
that have been restored, highly restored and they added dates to the top of them that are
not original or they would refinish a surface on a crock like this, put a whole new cobalt,
redo the whole crock and it is not original to what it was. So you should be paying for
a crock that looks like a 1850s crock and when in fact it has all been redone. So a
recondition pot is not necessarily the same price as a crock in original condition you
are going to pay a lot more for a crock that is in a original condition. So some of the
things to watch out for when you are looking to buy a crock here are totally reproduction
complete reproduction that people put out there and try to make people feel like they
are old. They would take a brand new crock and they'll change the dates or the face of
it and it will, they would try to sell ti as a newer crock. So be careful it is buy
or beware when you get out there and you start buying these crocks just be careful that you
buy from a repeatable dealer and you take the time to really know the person you are
buying this from and understand how these fake can be produce so that and take a look
of them at first so then you can recognize them when you go out to buy. So those are
a few things to look for when you are buying crocks.