Agree, I had the similar experience, consigned to a small regional auction house,listed for 250, bid fight until the end and sold for 5850 with...
I guess it is the first time you went to work with famous auction houses. It is very normal for them to turn down your consignment. Because the...
The painting(or maybe print) is very interesting. I would like to see the back of this painting. (If you can take more photos of the bird, bird...
This read "my honey buy flower place" , "wife buy flower spot" or "the place where wife buy flower"(that is...
Painting name is "buy what?" dated 1930 or 1990 Feb. I guess it is 1930. Artist unknown, cannot read it.... sorry
I like Wuyi tea (Bohea) allmost all kinds. The one I drank 20 years ago, is almost extinct right now. It's called Xuelong (Snow-Dragon) green tea....
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Bought without the key....:sorry::sorry:
The problom is I have the box, but I don't have the key to open this lock.:hungover: Break the lock is an option or I can call a locksmith??.......
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Let me find it.. However, that one is sealed and never opened before and I thought it won't be old.
No, you are not... Probably I am wrong, I just didn't see a Chinese Jar like this before. But it is very common if I make some mistake (Actually I...
[ATTACH] This inlay makes a Chinese Guanyin became a hindu buddha :hungover::hungover::hungover:
Yes. it is supposed to be all wood without any inserts. What your dad did could breakdown the collection value of this piece.
I found one small bottle pendant which is filled with one monkey pennis and Preservative..... the owner ask for 300 for that and I didn't buy...
Lol, I have a similar one like this with lock on it sealed with sealing paper and still with tea...
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Rosewood? Does it have any smell? Rosewood is a wide discription, it could be Pterocarpus santalinus, ebony or even agilawood if it feels very...
hmm... that's is something pretty rare as for it's size, I highly sugget you to to have it X-rayed. It's probably something inside, if there's...
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