Should I ? – I did , I did !!!!!!!!

[Sapphire]

I need some advice from you guys . I have the chance of getting a mint winged cat gargoyle locally – which is amazing in itself – for $20 . My problem is that over here there is nowhere that I can see Windstones in the flesh so I have no idea about size etc. & how can I tell if it’s genuine ? If anyone has one what do they think about it as so far I only have the painted Windstone pieces & don’t know much about the ‘garden art’ Winstones .

[Sapphire]

[Maria]

$20? I’d do it, and I’m no cat person. Do you have pictures of it? If yes, you can tell pretty well whether it’s a fake or not. Is it te big one or the little one – and if it’s a big one, is it the bat-winged or the bird-winged?

[Bob]

I’m sure you can at least get $20 for whatever it is on e-bay if you don’t like it

[Sapphire]

It’s the unpainted gargoyle GB . If it was one of the flap cats I wouldn’t have had to ask as I’d have snapped it up 😀 .

[Jennifer]

sapphire wrote:

It’s the unpainted gargoyle GB . If it was one of the flap cats I wouldn’t have had to ask as I’d have snapped it up 😀 .

Unpainted? Or stone finish?

About the fastest way to tell a fake from a real one is if it has the Windstone Felt pad on the bottom with the Windstone Logo on it.

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[Sapphire]

It’s the stone finished one that you can put outside in the garden .

[frozendragon]

sapphire wrote:

It’s the stone finished one that you can put outside in the garden .

the only windstones for the garden are the rock dragons.. big and little..

other people might say they are for the garden.. but they really aren’t

[Sapphire]

Ah thanks for setting me straight on that one . The seller did say that the gargoyle had never been outside .

[David]

sapphire wrote:

Ah thanks for setting me straight on that one . The seller did say that the gargoyle had never been outside .

The main thing is that the fakes are usually some kind of concrete or plaster-looking things, whereas the genuine article is very nicely painted with speckled greys and browns that make it look like quality stone from a distance, and a carefully painted sculpture close up.

And as Jennifer points out, it should have the felt pad or a “Windstone” stamp – it’s an old enough piece that it was issued with and without the pad – but it would always have either the stamp or the pad. If it doesn’t say “Windstone Editions” on the base, it’s a fake and worthy of John’s attention.

[Sapphire]

Thanks for that Dave . I have a better idea now what to look for .

[dragonmedley]

Yeah, go for it!

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[Bob]

dragonmedley wrote:

Yeah, go for it!

If you don’t we may have to hurt you and pubically humiliate you!!

[darjeb]

For any Windstone $20 is great buy

[Bob]

darjeb wrote:

For any Windstone $20 is great buy

EXACTLY

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