This time we are going to play the opposite game of the 7 differences. We are going to play the amazing similarities.

The rules are very simple:

• Pay attention to the desk pictures and find as many mistakes made by the forger on the stripes which are identical on the pictures
• Tip #1 : one mistake is when the wood stripe of the drawer is of a different color and wood than the frame wood and color
• Another tip: the streak in wood is like a fingerprint, look for stripes of the same vein

Do not think these pictures come from the same place…..

• One “After Don Shoemaker” desk picture comes from an auction announced for this December 14^th
• One picture comes from an attributed Don S. Shoemaker desk in a gallery
• Two pictures come from a fake brand new 2009 production “Don Shoemaker desk” offered for sale in EBAY Mexico (MercadoLibre) some time ago. (read my post)

To give you a hint: 2 of the mistakes are on the drawers

So please let me know: how many mistakes did you find?

And your verdict based on the amazing similarities is:

• guilty as charged – it is exactly the same desk
• or it is an amazing coincidence that 3 desks have the same marks

By the way, this desk was also portrayed in an article published in “Interior Design” magazine

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