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Posted 2 years ago
papa
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Three jade incense burners and I did not pay Antique Roadshow or Christy's or Sotherby's or Bonhams & Butterfields or Skinners prices; I do not need body guards and am not afraid of my own shadow. Got these for around $20.00 each at estate sales before the hype on jade gemstones. They use to be just rock carvings from China; back in the 60's and 70's all the hippies had one or two of these. That was before the legalization of marijuana; it must be a memorabilia type of increase in value? "Turn on, tune in, drop out" is a counterculture phrase popularized by Timothy Leary in 1967. The Antique appraisal of $50g. someone is tripping!
JadeNo one material may better epitomize the Chinese arts than jade—a stone tha…
These pieces are extremely CHARMING !
These pieces are extremely CHARMING !
I think it's because the wheel turns: the Chinese are buying back what their artists have been producing for foreign markets.
Twenty dollars is little to pay for something made by hand or machine these days.
How many hours of work would it take to create one of these?
You really bought well.
I always try to purchase well, but I do not believe China is buying back incense burners as art. I will post what I believe the Chinese are looking for in Chinese carved jade artwork.
Spoken like a true unsophisticate who knows nothing about jade and nothing about value!