I love visiting antique malls and am concerned about a growing trend I’m seeing. Some antique vendors are selling reproductions from China, making these reproductions appear to be vintage or antique. These vendors also remove the “made in China” stickers to add addition confusion about the age of these items. I added this picture as an example of a stall in an antique store. Since these items are in an antique store, you would assume they were authentic. Most of the Items in this particular stall look like they came from the wholesaler, Creative Co-op. They are new, reproductions of antiques. The best tip I can give is this: All true vintage/antique items are heavy. If you pick up an item and its light weight, it’s probably a reproduction. Even vintage jewelry is much heavier than jewelry made today.
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