Why can other ebayers spoil your auction with questions in regards to the validity without proof?

[digital*ghost]

Do you mean the question that has been posted on your current listing re: certificate of authenticity?

I suspect that question / answer is something a lot (if not all) potential buyer would be interested in, however, Q&A between buyers/sellers will not appear on a listing for everyone to see unless you tick the box to post it there when you answer the message.

[*crikey*mate*]

they just asked if it came with a certificate, they haven't accused you of anything.

but if I may, you have said in the listing "reduced to clear" - this sounds like you are a shop vs a collector, so I do get where the questioner was coming from, plus you display the purchase price that you pai, and then the $1000 mark up, doesn't make the listing sound genuine when the words "reduced to clear" are also there.

hope I explained that ok,

but I don't think that question spoils your auction.

[*crikey*mate*]

and when you already have a neutral questioning the authenticity of something, probably best not to refer anyone else to your feedback if they are asking about authenticity.

[pickapresent13]

I see no reason that question would spoil your auction. Its a valid question to ask if something that is being sold as a genuine article has a COA. I also understand your reasoning for putting the pictures up of her holding it, and although I am in know way suggesting this is not genuine, I would like to add that you wouldn`t be the first, and probably not the last, person to use a photo as authenticity, where several "fakes" have been sold using the photo as a way of showing the item is genuine.

Example, I was watching an eBayer that was selling a footy card signed by Mal Meninga, and it came with a photo of Mal signing it. Only problem was, for a few dollars, he got a hundred photo`s printed, signed other Meninga cards himself, and sold them all for $40 with the photo as authenicity

[lyndal1838]

I have bought a number of pieces of Aboriginal Art, both from ebay and local galleries....every piece has a Certificate of Authenticity with it.  I would not even dream of on selling them without the original certificates.  I think it is quite reasonable for the buyer to ask if there is a CoA with your painting.

[lyndal1838]

The photo of the artist with the particular painting is the the usual way of authenticating these paintings...but it is usually more than just a photo in an ebay listing.  All my paintings have a similar photo, along with a description and the artist's signature/mark.  In most cases the certificate is laminated, making it hard to alter in any way.   It is quite reasonable to ask if that certification comes with the painting.

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

as the seller, I think the onus of proof is on you, not the potential buyer.  That is why they asked, in a polite manner, whether the painting came with a COA.  It is not up to them to have proof of it being fake in order to ask you the question.

The other thing worth noting, is that I would hardly be using the seller you bought the painting from as a reference for the painting.  They are no longer registered, and their most recent feedback is two x negatives.

[*crikey*mate*]

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@lyndal1838 wrote:

I have bought a number of pieces of Aboriginal Art, both from ebay and local galleries....every piece has a Certificate of Authenticity with it.  I would not even dream of on selling them without the original certificates.  I think it is quite reasonable for the buyer to ask if there is a CoA with your painting.

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I bought a Lee Ron figurine from eBay, direct from the artist. I asked him for a COA. Not because I didn't trust him or his beautiful wife (they both bent over backwards to help and serve me and have a highly respected gallery etc and presence here on eBay), but for future reasons such as insurance, valuation or if I wanted to sell it one day and needed to prove authenticity.

I only paid about $500, so I can understand someone paying a couple of thousand dollars may want some kind of documentation to verify their purchase.

Especially as in my case, there are similar figures available on eBay, they are not claiming to be anything, so are not non genuine, but they do look a lot like the Ron Lee ones.....

[*crikey*mate*]

I also have 4 others, all bought on eBay, and whilst signed by the artist, and dated etc, they did not come with COA's and as such I only paid under $100 each for them.

2 of them however, I have since been able to get COA's for as the artist and purchaser had kept records of their transactions and verify that they were in fact the real deal, so I did get COA's for them after the fact.