Antiquities, Plus...

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Antiquities, Plus…

With over 75 years of combined experience and our multiple connections to experts in all fields of Authentication and Stylistic Verification, we at Antiquities, Plus… feel we offer one of the finest services available worldwide to the discriminating buyer of fine art and antiquities. The standards to which we adhere are not the norm in the industry, but rather quite the exception.  With an intense interest in hands-on education for the buyer, we not only provide a pleasant and reassuring buying experience, but will go far beyond the standards of the industry, to ensure that our clients are very well informed about their areas of interest, so as to insure their ability to make far better judgment decisions, wherever they may be, while considering purchasing an item anywhere in the world.

· Head Curator & Authenticator, Acquisitions & Estates: David  S. Fredericks – david@antiquitiesplus.com

· Lead Anthropologist, Certified and Licensed Appraiser: Dr. Timothy W. Jones, PhD, IAA, Sales Contact - Dr. Timothy William Jones PhD email - TimothyWilliamJones@gmail.com

The main Curator and Authenticator of Antiquities, Plus... is David Fredericks. David first started collecting artifacts at the young age of seven, while following his mother around the states of Indiana, Illinois and Ohio when she was a Professor of History at Ball State University.  It was in the old antique shops and farm sales that David first found his true love of objects from exotic lands.  He is the personal Curator and Authenticator to approximately eleven major collections, and as a condition of taking them on, has 'free run' of the collections. This means he can examine, clean, and use whatever means necessary to discover and remove all artificial coatings, cull an item out of a collection when it is determined to not be authentic, or declare an item authentic, sometimes with repairs, restorations, or modifications.  David has donated his own entire extensive collection for the projects that we support.  David attended Ball State University, majoring in biology, with microbiology being his passion.  This led him, indirectly, into the study of authentication of artifacts, as he learned the ways items were made, repaired, restored, or very often, plainly faked. While his highest passion is for Archaic Jades, he has learned to authenticate all ancient stone work, along with bronze, pottery, and numerous other media.  He has learned, via the 'school of hard knocks', the 'games' played by the testing laboratories, Museum Curators, and the so-called 'Top Dealers in the world.  He has a frequent saying, “Scientists lie, laboratories lie, museums lie, but a microscope never lies; it always tells the truth, if you let it.”  David has been buying all the latest reproductions, in excess of $20,000-30,000 per year, for years, has examined in-depth multiple top collections, and works with some of the finest impartial minds in the business. This has kept on him ‘on top of the game', and has allowed him to follow the course of deceit dating back hundreds of years. With a passion for authenticating artifacts, and for knowing everything that can be learned of their physical history, since the time of their creation and though the spanning ages, David just will not let ‘anomalies’ lie down and become part of an artifact, but will work non-stop until he has them figured out and placed in their proper order in an artifact’s history. Whether a piece is 100% in-situ, repaired at the time it was made, or repaired at different times since its creation, how the repairs were performed and whether they add or detract from an item's desirability, David’s investigative techniques are considered unique in the field of professional authentication, and an extremely valuable asset to our clients.

Dr. Timothy Jones, PhD, Anthropologist, formerly with the University of Arizona, is an unprecedented professional in an amazing array of multiple aspects of life.  Dr. Jones has accepted invitations to the world's largest museums in Beijing, the United States and abroad, and has received privately guided tours of these Museums, which included some of the most treasured vault items hidden away from the general public.  Dr. Jones is a much sought-after professional in the most diverse of subjects by some of the most influential people in the world.  His knowledge of Anthropology, Archeology, Business, Government, Sustainability, and the most pressing issues that affect the world on a daily basis is mind boggling.  Dr. Jones has directed the excavations and analyses of more than 20 major sites and 40 archaeological surveys.  Dr. Jones now runs his own appraisal and authentication business, is certified RPA-IAA, and is available by appointment only for speaking engagements on matters that effect a diverse group of interests. Contact Dr. Jones for specifics of acquisitions of collection items at TimothyWilliamJones@Gmail.com .

Antiquities, Plus… is operated as an entity by private individuals working together for a higher benefit.  All members of our team work on a volunteer basis, and as such, we have no employees, only dedicated professionals working towards a common goal of research, education, authentication, and dedication to others.  As a group, we use the revenue we receive to pay for the business operating expenses; proceeds in excess of these expenses are earmarked to go toward two privately run and privately funded humanitarian projects, which we are in the process of setting up. Our group of professionals is totally committed to these ideals and stand 100% behind our motto of ‘Building By Integrity Only’.

[Note: For those who feel they must share our photographs with 'Professional Experts' who seem to be able to tell real from fake & restored from in-situ solely by photographic examination, please get these responses in writing, as this is what we offer to all our clients. We do not possess this 'unique ability' to 100% authenticate a piece by photograph alone, without physical and close-up examination of the item.]

Page Estate Collection - Extremely Rare Incised Celadon Early Ming Dynasty Massive Bowl to be featured in a future TimelessArtifact.com article

Bottom of above Page Estate Bowl taken with Canon EOS XSi using Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L Lens - Original Purchase Receipt & Family Curio Cabinet Photo Available

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Fredericks-McIntire Collection - Huge Restored Eastern Zhou Nephrite Jade Funeral Vessel, As can be viewed in our Three Part Series Article on TimelessJade.com 

Close up photo of Large Eastern Zhou Vessel showing remains of Secondary Gold Gilt - Above photos taken with Canon EOS XSi using Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L Lens

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Chernysh Estate Collection - Anthrozoomorphic Late Neolithic to Zhou Period Nephrite Jade Figure as featured on TimelessJade.com 

Portion of the rear tail area on the Chernysh Estate Collection 'Owl Man' Figure - Photo taken with Canon EOS XSi under 30 X Microscopic Power

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