The Chinese are so creative

One carving looks like Phil Bishop's style, one like Gerald Sears,
and the viking reminds me of a Rex Branson.

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQgotopage...sortpropertyZ1

your absolutely right i wonder if they are actualy hand carved.
while browsing at Michel's last week i spotted a shelf of santa's they were acyually resin casts of someones carvings and the casts showed all the knife marks-faces were well painted with only the body left to paint.price-$1.00 on sale

if it wasn't for the enjoyment i get from carving and the fact i don't do it for a living i think i would give it up.

Frank

Jeeez us H C***** and the nerve of them...see the one with CCA carved in the beltbuckle...wonder if anyone with the CCA would be interedted in seeing these rip offs.

[mikeg]

There was an article in the local paper the other day about a local artist who sold hand carved sconces<sp?> for $30 and they were ripped off by the Christmas Tree Shop who was selling castings for $1.99.

I hadn't thought about it before reading that article since I like those discount stores. But it's too bad that more people don't appreciate the unique charm of hand carved objects.

mikeg

Who'd pay $120 for a carving anyway? They're just fancy pieces of firewood.

The wife says 'never trust the Chinese.' She oughta know.

In our area we have 'dollar stores' and they have hand carved walking sticks w/a dragon head holding a glass marble in it's mouth. You guessed it - $1.00 Big Al

P.S. I was reading an artical that said when Nike brings out a new model of a sneeker, it takes less than 48 hours for someone to copy it. Big Al

...I think we'd be naive to believe that all buyers appreciate the art and aren'y lookin' to make a buck at our expense. >

...they say imitation is the best form of flattery...I don't believe them! :-/

...its also interesting to note that he sold his first 6 carvings to the same person ??? I guess thats why his feedback rating is 100% with only 3 buyers...

Actually, if they are real carvings, and they are hand carved, they are probably worth the $120. Good carving is good carving, does it really matter who did it? Although, in this instance, I am a little curious (suspicious) given the information provided in the listing.