SEANO
Sr. Member
I enjoy searching for quality Asian pieces. There is nothing easy about it. Date marks are basically irrelevant, copies and fakes and later repo's are the norm. We see the common knock-offs peddled everywhere.
I will buy if items are cheap as well as look promising (potentially). Many times I'll take a chance and research later. I'm a novice at best, but I have found some great pieces through GS and auctions. A plus being a "novice" is that I'm better that most (which isn't saying much-ha).
Time to move past my boring babble. I have this interesting piece I picked-up at a GS. I bought a number of nice Asian pieces at a recent sale. The GS (Estate Sale) was in more of a "The Millionaire Next Door" neighborhood (for those of you who have read the book). Once inside, it was a different story, extensive traveling and collecting/purchasing of quality pieces was obvious. The owner had spent some time in China and Italy after WW2. I bought a number of pieces, one of those is pictured.
This was more of a story post, but I plan on having this looked at soon and will hopefully have a update to post. Odds of a good find are not in my favor, they never are when chasing Asian items.
Happy hunting.
I will buy if items are cheap as well as look promising (potentially). Many times I'll take a chance and research later. I'm a novice at best, but I have found some great pieces through GS and auctions. A plus being a "novice" is that I'm better that most (which isn't saying much-ha).
Time to move past my boring babble. I have this interesting piece I picked-up at a GS. I bought a number of nice Asian pieces at a recent sale. The GS (Estate Sale) was in more of a "The Millionaire Next Door" neighborhood (for those of you who have read the book). Once inside, it was a different story, extensive traveling and collecting/purchasing of quality pieces was obvious. The owner had spent some time in China and Italy after WW2. I bought a number of pieces, one of those is pictured.
This was more of a story post, but I plan on having this looked at soon and will hopefully have a update to post. Odds of a good find are not in my favor, they never are when chasing Asian items.
Happy hunting.
