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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gerry Gorman, post: 90863, member: 1281&quot;]Hi Everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>I stumbled across your forum whilst investigating a small still life work I purchased here in Ireland. About myself, I work in business but my passion is antiques something I inherited from my Grandfather who was an avid collector especially in Irish silver, Persian rugs, French furniture and art. I have an interest in silver, Chinese porcelain and Antique rugs specifically tribal rugs. Whilst technology has given us instant access to a vast amount of data online, it has also made it more difficult for the hobbyist collector to find items of interest as every dealer out there is &quot;in like Flynn&quot; when a good piece comes online. I&#039;ve taken to dealing with small antique shops who specialise in house clearances and sometimes you will be the first to appraise an object that could have been sitting in some estate house for a number of centuries. Ireland has many hidden estates that were built from the early 1700s by senior military personnel and dignitaries many of whom had spent time in Indochina and although against the rules brought back gifts and plunder as reward for their service abroad. So it is not beyond possibility that one could be lucky enough one day to find a very rare piece and enjoy all that learning and knowledge along the way. G[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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