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Dr David Gill expresses surprise about the collecting history of a fish plate sold recently which apparently has the ability to have been in two places at the same time. This either raises the possibility of a parallel universe from which non-looted artefacts materialise into ours (a high-tech version of the coineys' "coin elves" myth), or as Gill surmises the difference between what he calls "creative collecting histories" and those verified by proper due diligence.Vignette: Dr David Gill raises an eyebrow.