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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;shamster, post: 10489189, member: 85821&quot;]There are two things I really like about Maki-e lacquerware: first, it tells its value apparently- for a top dollar piece everyone can see how good it is, while the valuation system is more complex for other antiques. I have almost 0 knowledge about Maki-e, but as soon as I saw this I willingly paid that price. I saw how finely it was executed, I knew it’s not cheap and I accepted.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, these are extremely hard to fake. The new pieces are much more expensive than the old ones, no one with that skill would bother faking it, which offer me peace of mind as a paranoid collector!</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=4654]@808 raver[/USER] :although not as good as the box you shared ( for a fraction of that price too), but they do share something similar <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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