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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dawnno, post: 631340, member: 10171&quot;]&quot;The western collectors in old China not only framed the beautiful badges and hung them on walls, thus preserving them for future generations, but made evening purses of them.&quot;&nbsp; And all I do is search purses for loose change!&nbsp; Now I have to look at them critically too?&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />&nbsp;&nbsp; (&#039;Funny story&#039;,&nbsp; at a hockey fan appreciation day we met the ex-coach of the Washington Capitals, a quite husky man, and the first thing he said to my wife was &quot;Nice purse.&quot;&nbsp; Now I realize he was just an antiquer on skates.)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://journalofantiques.com/features/chinese-rank-badges/attachment/f4-7th/#main" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://journalofantiques.com/features/chinese-rank-badges/attachment/f4-7th/#main" rel="nofollow">http://journalofantiques.com/features/chinese-rank-badges/attachment/f4-7th/#main</a>&nbsp; the facsimile (actually the original) version</p><p><br /></p><p>Thx, [USER=56]@moreotherstuff[/USER]&nbsp; et al.&nbsp; Love the thread on &quot;now I have to get one&quot; too.&nbsp; So true.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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