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Post by Paul K on Aug 9, 2016 1:13:46 GMT
I lately wish to purchase some historic specimens for my collection and I came across a person named on eBay : bossman992.
As mention earlier on this forum there are some people in UK selling freshly collected specimen for historic one with fake data.
My intention here as many members are living in UK is to find out more about this source or if any one knows trusted seller.
Paul
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2016 17:07:52 GMT
Paul, never heard of him so I can't reliably inform on this seller unless you have a link to what he is selling and I might know who he is from that, I would advise extreme caution when buying supposed "British" old material there are many sharks out there selling fakes, I am lucky that all mine came with cast iron provenance but genuine dealers selling historic material now are getting thin on the ground, just as an example one man used to buy my friends bargain moths which were old but common, he didn't want the moths, he wanted the pins as most were pre 1930, he then spread European maculinea arion using these pins on a saddle setting board, left them on his window sill to bleach them to make them look older and put fake data labels on them, as far as I know he is still selling them at well over £100 each, he should be shot, so beware.
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Post by nomad on Aug 11, 2016 15:22:52 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2016 18:44:22 GMT
Yes Paul is a member of the Derbyshire entomological society, I see him now and again at fairs and other meets, good guy.
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