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A curiosity: Rolex Explorer II 16550 Prototype.
Here are the pictures, to be credited to Antiquorum.
I am not very comfortable with such offers. I always find weird that a Rolex Proto can be found on the market, and this dial does nothing to me... I much prefer a good old rail dial for that reference...
What about you?
Best,
Nicolas
Still the numbers looks thicker,watch the 8 for example,perhaps is the photo ,very nice one you have there Nico [nt]
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Rolex called, they want their stolen prototype back!
Antiquorum (and other auction houses) is/are an avenue for unscrupulous people to sell their wares. The employees that I worked with at (unnamed auction house), were in my opinion (the following is my opinion and not to be construed as fact) were little better than thugs! When I presented said unnamed auction house with a problem with a watch they sold me that was completely misrepresented (they claimed it was made by one brand when in fact it had the movement of a different brand) that showed their clumsiness, their response was that I had to follow a procedure that put all the burden on me AND make me go through lots of paperwork AND that they needed the watch back for an INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME before they could refund my money (probably to find another poor sap to buy the watch) and IF I DIDN'T PLAY BY THEIR TERMS they didn't want to do anything about the problem they created. Then they never returned my phone calls nor emails, knowing that I lived thousands of miles away, they knew it would be rare for me to visit them in person.
Auction houses are awful. I've had more problems with auction houses than successes. Yet, for some odd reason, I stupidly go back... The Force of the Dark Side is strong...
Auction houses
would sell their grandmother as a car if she had four rims and a steering wheel.
The stories I could have told ......
The stories I could have told ......
I do not have the financial means to cover a court case.
But yes, that would be tempting.
We could just not name names. You can't slander someone's name if you don't name them! [nt]
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Me As Well! I'm a big idiot. Conned many times by multiple auction houses. One auction house has conned me three times on the same work! Shame on me! [nt]
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Why thank you! I will give you named co-authorship! After 2-3 names, everyone else might have the be listed as "et. al." [nt]
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Sad to hear this Patrick but sadly you are not the only one who has experienced this type of behavior from auction houses...
I know of more than a handful of fiends and collectors who have had terrible experiences with various auctions houses which deters me from ever wanting to purchase anything from them even though I have been tempted MANY times over.
BIG sigh 😕 🤦♂️
BIG sigh 😕 🤦♂️
I now exclusively buy things from people whom I know and trust.
Buy the seller as they say! And one cannot trust auction houses anymore. Their experts invent things, "Mark 2.5" or "Transitional Pieces that have the dial of the Mark 2 but the case of the Mark 3, super rare!" to increase the value of the watch.