So many antique collectors have been cheated since they believed in the seeming naivety of the sellers. Those sellers were actually very wicked and sophisticated enough. They cleverly ‘staged’ certain situations to lead buyers to believe their fake antiques...

A rare Vietnamese blue and enamelled dish, 16th century. photo Bonhams Sketchily painted at the centre in pale blue with a single crouching bird, all within elaborate bands of iron-red and green enamel simple scrolling foliage within a barbed edge, the...