bullets in wood

[ntsb]

There is a seller on ebay right now that is selling civil war bullets embedded in wood. The seller has several of these for sale. Last year the seller had another lot of similar looking specimens. To me, they appear much different than any others I have seen Over he years. They are bullets that are just deep enough to leave the clearly identifiable minie rings visible from the surface and only slightly distorted. All this is to say they seem to be fabricated and not authentic. Would anyone care to provide their opinion? I am very curious, because they look too good to be true. If you search "civil war bullet wood" you can find several from this seller. (I am not including the seller's ebay name in case that is against forum rules) Thanks.

 

[kepi]

There is a seller on ebay right now that is selling civil war bullets embedded in wood. The seller has several of these for sale. Last year the seller had another lot of similar looking specimens. To me, they appear much different than any others I have seen Over he years. They are bullets that are just deep enough to leave the clearly identifiable minie rings visible from the surface and only slightly distorted. All this is to say they seem to be fabricated and not authentic. Would anyone care to provide their opinion? I am very curious, because they look too good to be true. If you search "civil war bullet wood" you can find several from this seller. (I am not including the seller's ebay name in case that is against forum rules) Thanks.

Is there a link?

 

[kepi]

The ones I found look suspicious

 

[kepi]

http://www.mytreasurespot.com/main/read.php?3,582483,582675

http://www.ebay.com/gds/Fake-Mistake-or-Real-Bullet-/10000000000962024/g.html

 

[ntsb]

Not sure if I did this correctly, but here she goes...

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=151616822694&alt=web

 

[E_just_E]

Got to love that. "Rare" yet he has a whole bunch to sell

That said, it could be what he says it is: Civil War bullet in a piece of wood. He does not disclose whether the bullet got there during the Civil War or not.

Buying stuff like that on ebay is really asking for it...

 

[kepi]

It's not worth what he is asking.

 

[rhettbutler1865]

There is a seller on ebay right now that is selling civil war bullets embedded in wood. The seller has several of these for sale. Last year the seller had another lot of similar looking specimens. To me, they appear much different than any others I have seen Over he years. They are bullets that are just deep enough to leave the clearly identifiable minie rings visible from the surface and only slightly distorted. All this is to say they seem to be fabricated and not authentic. Would anyone care to provide their opinion? I am very curious, because they look too good to be true. If you search "civil war bullet wood" you can find several from this seller. (I am not including the seller's ebay name in case that is against forum rules) Thanks.

So many CW artifacts are fake-buttons, aged by the seller; bullets in wood; I even got a fake Confederate sword on auction that took me 6 months to fight to get my money back!

 

[rhettbutler1865]

The ones I found look suspicious

If they even look suspicious, please don't buy--I learned the hard way on Ebay and CW articles...

 

[rhettbutler1865]

There is a seller on ebay right now that is selling civil war bullets embedded in wood. The seller has several of these for sale. Last year the seller had another lot of similar looking specimens. To me, they appear much different than any others I have seen Over he years. They are bullets that are just deep enough to leave the clearly identifiable minie rings visible from the surface and only slightly distorted. All this is to say they seem to be fabricated and not authentic. Would anyone care to provide their opinion? I am very curious, because they look too good to be true. If you search "civil war bullet wood" you can find several from this seller. (I am not including the seller's ebay name in case that is against forum rules) Thanks.

Please don't buy! Ebay is the WORST place to buy authentic CW articles--I speak from experience...

 

[hrobalabama]

Please don't buy! Ebay is the WORST place to buy authentic CW articles--I speak from experience...

Amen to that!.,........Not only E-Bay but lots of unscrupulous sellers out there just waiting to get your money.

 

[rhettbutler1865]

Yes, it's disgusting...I was even warned by one seller on Ebay himself to make sure with him (nice guy) that ANY buttons I buy should have...........and check with him first. Needless to say. he's the one I bought all my buttons from. And boy, can they be pricey!

 

[E_just_E]

Amen to that!.,........Not only E-Bay but lots of unscrupulous sellers out there just waiting to get your money.

It is even worse than that. There are so many copies of originals dating back to the late 19th century that many sellers do not even know that what they have is a copy. In many respects, re-enacting and the close to original artefacts it produced has been a menace to collectors.

 

[Gandycreek]

Those are fake as the day is long.

 

[rhettbutler1865]

Those are fake as the day is long.

They sure are...sorry, but true.

 

[rhettbutler1865]

Got to love that. "Rare" yet he has a whole bunch to sell

That said, it could be what he says it is: Civil War bullet in a piece of wood. He does not disclose whether the bullet got there during the Civil War or not.

Buying stuff like that on ebay is really asking for it...

I agree-"rare" is used quite freely (and improperly) in MANY cases...

 

[relichound]

I saw some bullets in wood once at a CW show and they were IDed as coming from Gettysburg and
they were 900-1000 each. They looked surely to be authentic as far as being real nice CW bullets in
wood, but the only provenance was some pencil writing on each relic.
They may have been good provenances, but it was too much money for me to pay for something
with provenaces that I was not 100% sure of.
Do you all know what I mean?

 

[rhettbutler1865]

I sure do; I've seen buttons from $2500 and even more, that could easily have been aged by the seller--doesn't matter what the button-back says, although that's the 1st thing you look at...

 

[johan_steele]

Snicker... for $900 I'll teach you how to make those. Just kidding, but if you give me $900 I'll make you some and they'll be authentic in that they will be .58 minnies shot into wood and aged to perfection so they look legit.

 

[rhettbutler1865]

The adage "you get what you pay for" doesn't apply to relics...I have an authentic CW canteen of John Polk's in the 47th Tenn. Regmt.--went to a reputable dealer and left it with him to research. Like I've mentioned before, we have to be VERY careful before buying...