definitely raise a "not as described" dispute, if only to keep sellers straight, since
Good luck with that, 6 weeks ago I reported this item to ebay, it bears no resemblance to anything ever made by Henry Howell and not made of the materials he used, the company was only trading in the 1920's - 1930's and a very small number of his products were sold for a short time through Dunhill. I told ebay this and gave them a link to a YZbird site where everything I said could be confirmed. The item looks like half of a pair of bookends and would be lucky to fetch a £5 and obviously the description was to deceive someone into paying a premium price for a junk item. After a month I had no reply from ebay so asked them why and were they content to be complicit in the sellers deceit, I got a reply within an hour saying that they had someone look into the matter and the description did not breach any of their rules. I appealed that and have heard nothing back from them since. I also contacted the seller.......................................
What makes you assume this might be a Henry Howell Dunhill YZ Duck Bird?
Hi, thank you for your interest. It certainly has the aesthetic. My thoughts were Henry Howell when I first saw this.
Sorry but it certainly does not, Henry Howell YZ products were usually made from Ebony, coquilla or tagua nuts and bakerlite, none of those materials seem to be in your item. As for the Dunhill assumption you cannot even claim that on a genuine YZ bird without clear proof it was marketed by Dunhill as very few of Henry Howells items were sold under Dunhill. Your item does not bear any resemblance to anything ever made by Henry Howell I suggest you visit this site to see how wrong you are and change your description as people may start to assume you are trying to deceive people into thinking a mundane item is worth far more than it's true value.
( It seems links not allowed here so just google The YZ site and it should be the first suggestion in the list).
.................................... They did not reply but I now see that "Style" has been added to the description to cover their ass.
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