| Collectors of Fine art prints, antique figurines, antique | | | | in Black light |
| furniture, rugs, chinaware, and antique furniture | | | | * Black light creates different colors and the color of |
| reproduction go any lengths to obtain them. These | | | | fluorescence are used in identification of the |
| people have to get over a few hurdles of fakes, | | | | authenticity of the antiquity of Fine art prints, antique |
| reprints and scams. Remember that like in any | | | | figurines, antique furniture, rugs, chinaware, and antique |
| business, there are always reprints, counterfeits, fakes | | | | furniture reproduction item |
| and scams in the field of antique dealings too. This | | | | Identifying modern reprints and forgeries of antique |
| would give you a confidence to counter the seller’s | | | | documents and other paper ephemera with black light |
| convenience. | | | | Many people buy a black light specifically for this |
| If you are planning to join the ranks of these people as | | | | purpose. A black light can identify many Fine art prints, |
| collectors of antique furniture reproduction you might | | | | antique figurines, antique furniture, rugs, chinaware, and |
| have to remember the following points: | | | | antique furniture reproduction and other paper items |
| * Scammers can not fool the knowledgeable: they will | | | | that contain optical brighteners. In a dark room and |
| take you on a long ride if you let them make a quick | | | | under black light optical brighteners will usually fluoresce |
| buck from your ignorance. The joy of owning antique | | | | a very bright light blue or bright white. |
| furniture reproduction starts with knowing about the | | | | Starting in the late 1940s, manufacturers of many |
| stuff you want to own. | | | | products began adding optical brighteners and other |
| * Do not get taken away by the thought that | | | | new chemicals to their products. Optical brighteners |
| expensive antique furniture reproductions are genuine: | | | | are invisible dyes that fluoresce brightly under ultraviolet |
| Quote one tenth of the tag price as your final offer. If | | | | light. |
| he agrees to it may probably be a fake. | | | | They were used to make products appear brighter in |
| * Confer for second opinions and expert advice on | | | | normal daylight with the ultraviolet light in it. |
| Fine art prints, antique figurines, antique furniture, rugs, | | | | Optical brighteners were added to |
| chinaware, and antique furniture reproduction: An | | | | * Laundry detergent and clothes to help drown out |
| opinion from an expert or a friend who is a collector | | | | stains and to give the often advertised to plastic toys |
| himself. | | | | to makes them brighter and more colorful. |
| * Start small by buying inexpensive items from gift | | | | * To almost all of their white papers stocks |
| shops: This gives you a feel of fakes and | | | | Historical documents |
| reproductions for a $10 rather than losing $1,000 fake | | | | White paper is treated with fluorescent compounds to |
| Fine art prints, antique figurines, antique furniture, rugs, | | | | help it appear brighter and whiter. Sometimes forgery |
| chinaware, and antique furniture reproduction | | | | of historical documents can be detected by placing |
| * Get to know good sellers: Acquaint with a few | | | | them under a black light for fluorescence. White paper |
| antique sellers. They will be too happy to share their | | | | made post-1950 contains fluorescent chemicals while |
| knowledge about the genuine antiques, about their | | | | older paper doesn't. |
| authenticity guarantee and return policy of Fine art | | | | If a paper object fluoresces very brightly, it is modern. |
| prints, antique figurines, antique furniture, rugs, | | | | Black light is helpful in identifying many types of |
| chinaware, and antique furniture reproduction | | | | restoration and alteration to Fine art prints, antique |
| * Get online for good sellers with strong reputations | | | | figurines, antique furniture, rugs, chinaware, and antique |
| and antique information on Fine art prints, antique | | | | furniture reproduction |
| figurines, antique furniture, rugs, chinaware, and antique | | | | * Fine art prints, antique figurines, antique furniture, rugs, |
| furniture reproduction | | | | chinaware, and antique furniture reproduction altered |
| * Also look at the color, physical nature, style, visible | | | | by the addition of paper, glue, paint, varnish and/or |
| stamps, provenance of Fine art prints, antique figurines, | | | | other material that fluoresces differently from the rest |
| antique furniture, rugs, chinaware, and antique furniture | | | | of the item, and gives away that the item is restored |
| reproduction. | | | | and can be identified under black light |
| * Black light is a useful tool in judging the identity and | | | | * To identify alterations to Fine art prints, antique |
| age of Fine art prints, antique figurines, antique furniture, | | | | figurines, antique furniture, rugs, chinaware, and antique |
| rugs, chinaware, and antique furniture reproduction. | | | | furniture reproductions one should also look for |
| Black light is a form of ultraviolet light. Ultraviolet (UV) | | | | differences in texture, gloss, and opacity. When an art |
| light is a range of light invisible to human eyes. While it | | | | print is put at an angle nearing 180 degrees to a light, |
| cannot be seen, UV light is useful to humans in a wide | | | | the added paint, ink or paper will often have a different |
| range of areas. | | | | texture and gloss from the rest of the card surface. |
| * Glass of different types and ages of can fluoresce | | | | |