OH, No, Not Again... Fake Aussie Bugle #2 Resurfaces...
| Ebay handle fivedockchris from Sydney, Austrailia, sold this as item 130359609167 (pop it into the ebay search engine for a display) for $179.10 US, in November, 2009. In March 2010, ebay handle fcc4568 from Adelaide Hills, Australia, put it up, suitable refaked, on ebay as item 350320551173. Within days the fake was over some $900 US.... |
Fake Aussie Bugle - The Aussies just love their fake bugles, until they get a close look at them, and then dump them back on ebay to let another sucker have a go.
| These closeups were taken - and posted on ebay along with the selling ads - only months apart. The older one - and oddly, the clean one - is on the right (ebay c Nov. 2009.)
The newer one (ebay Mar 2010) where fcc4568 has rubbed some old Brasso into the inscription, where weeks before, there was none, to make it look ancient, and you know, help sales. Otherwise the unique characteristics of the letters match perfectly. Note too, how fcc4568 is blatantly lying, saying he got it from a "Deceased Estate" when, in fact, he bought it from a con man on ebay... |
Note too how, ebay hides the bidder's names with code, during an auction, and removes the bidder's list entirely, once an item sells. All techniques ebay has implemented in recent years that help cover for crooked antique dealers, and make it impossible to warn anyone of fraudulent sellers and/or items. |
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OH, No, Not Again... Fake Aussie Bugle #2
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Wonder who was the manufacturer for bugles for the Victoria Mounted Rifles?
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In fact there were many different Victoria Mounted Rifles units sent at different times to South Africa.
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Gallipoli is synonymous with the Anzacs, the Australian and New Zealand troops, that took the brunt of the defeat that summer of 1915, on the heights above Suvla Bay.
The movie Gallipoli wonderfully captured that era, and made Mel Gibson a star. A wave of renewed patriotism swept over Down Under, and led to a surge of "Dump the Queen of Australia" fervour.
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OH, No, Not Again... Fake Aussie Bugle #4
Note how the disease and the hype spreads once someone sees how much money one can make off those Aussie fake bugle collectors.
This is from an American whose grasp of history - and knowledge of bugles - is perhaps not as good as Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz who hailed from the same state. Must be something in the water...
He says it's rare, old, original from the Boer War in Australia, the British War there in the 1880s.
He makes 7 statements of fact regarding this bugle. All 7 are wrong.
The Boer War was never in the 1880s and it never was a British war in Australia.
This bugle fails all the test for genuine military bugles. And it doesn't look old or real on any level.
The very good photos of the bugle show it is very new. One of the millions ground out for the decorator trade from Pakistan, Mexico, etc...
The original markings - sorry gone and impossible to photograph - are almost gone. Bad photos are always very helpful in perpetuating fraud.
And the ebay seller has provided us with the very best photograph to show you exactly on what his best knowledge is based on.
This is the most truly awful photo we have ever seen of a vestigial marking on any military or historical item we have ever seen.
But look at what he got for it...
$200 for a bugle he paid $3 for...
All on hype, and the ignorance of eager neophyte collectors...
The only thing for certain... There will be more bogus bugles than ever before when people read this...
