On 60 minutes the other night I saw a story about artifact smuggling out of the middle east. I decided to look to see if anything was sold on Ebay and I was surprised, not at the amount of stuff sold, but the price at which it was selling. Ancient Roman bronze rings going for $10?
http://search.ebay.com/roman-bronze-rings_W0QQfkrZ1QQfromZR8
Roman perfume bottles going for 40ish?
http://search.stores.ebay.com/search/search.dll?query=roman+bottle&srchdesc=y&sid=16055350&store=OrientalEmpire&colorid=15&fp=0&st=2&submit=Search
I thought this stuff was much rarer than these prices seem to indicate. I do know that some of the coins are fake, but these sellers of other objects seem pretty legitimate, as do the pieces themselves. Please don’t reply with “they are probably fake” unless you have some knowledge about this stuff. Thanks.