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The Order of the Tile: Secrets from the American Mahjong Table · July 30 · 22 min

Prim knows a fake when she sees one

There is a particular light in late July that makes everything look finer than it really is, and Prim does not trust it for a moment. This week is about the fake, in every form it takes in American Mahjong. A stunning white and gold set is making the rounds online with a jaw-dropping price, and the room cannot agree whether it is real, a knockoff, or an image a machine simply dreamed up. Prim has thoughts. She also has the three tests a genuine vintage set can never fail, a proper introduction to a man who reads old tiles like books, and the story of the very first Mahjong counterfeit, which is nearly a hundred years old. Prim knows a fake when she sees one. By now, so do you. New issues every Thursday at https://www.orderofthetile.com.#AmericanMahjong #NMJL#Prim #OrderOfTheTile #Mahjong #MahjongPodcast #VintageMahjong #MahjongTiles #Counterfeit #FrenchIvory #GreggSwain #MahjongStrategy #Bluffing #HorseshoeBay #MahjongTournament

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There is a particular light in late July that makes everything look finer than it really is, and Prim does not trust it for a moment. This week is about the fake, in every form it takes in American Mahjong. A stunning white and gold set is making the rounds online with a jaw-dropping price, and the room cannot agree whether it is real, a knockoff, or an image a machine simply dreamed up. Prim has thoughts. She also has the three tests a genuine vintage set can never fail, a proper introduction to a man who reads old tiles like books, and the story of the very first Mahjong counterfeit, which is nearly a hundred years old. Prim knows a fake when she sees one. By now, so do you. New issues every Thursday at https://www.orderofthetile.com.#AmericanMahjong #NMJL#Prim #OrderOfTheTile #Mahjong #MahjongPodcast #VintageMahjong #MahjongTiles #Counterfeit #FrenchIvory #GreggSwain #MahjongStrategy #Bluffing #HorseshoeBay #MahjongTournament

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