posted on July 18, 2011 04:32:43 AM new
I just attended a tradeshow and spoke to my suppliers who have factories in China.
If there is something the Chinese wants,they will outbid everyone to get it,especially their own antiques,they will take the Japanese antiques too,because it has an Asian theme and the quality is superb!
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There is no 'Global savings glut',only wild horses and loose bankers.
posted on July 18, 2011 07:20:43 AM new
How interesting and I really can't blame them.
When we had a small shop there was a young Japanese lady who used to come in and she would look around quickly and leave.
Her father then came from Japan to Vancouver Island every 6 weeks or so and she would accompany him to all of the Antique shops and interpret for him as he did not speak English. He would buy a lot of old English porcelain and china but he was most interested in buying all Japanese and especially 'Occupied Japan' items to ship back. She told me he felt that all Japanese items needed to return home.
It was always a good day for sales when they arrived but he drove a very hard bargain!!
posted on July 18, 2011 08:42:34 AM new
Some antique are not allowed to leave the country,for example some Japanese ehons are banned.
In China some antique artifacts are not allowed,and some you have to apply for persmission to leave.
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There is no 'Global savings glut',only wild horses and loose bankers.
posted on July 19, 2011 05:06:31 AM new
I recently found 3 old tins of tea. They were unopened but had a lot of wear to the outer paper. I started them on ebay at $49 each and ended up selling all three for over $700 - boy was I surprised. They all stayed in the states but the buyer all had Asian names.
[ edited by ebabestreasures on Jul 20, 2011 01:36 AM ]
posted on July 19, 2011 08:22:20 AM new
That was time to do a Happy Dance! Well done.
We go to our local auction house often and have noticed the number of Asian folks in attendance rising over the past year; Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
A few weeks ago we were bidding against a young Chinese lady for a large group of old Chinese Mudmen. We won them for a fraction of what they should have sold for which surprised me however the lady was obviously saving her money to buy some beautiful old framed Japanese (I think) embroideries on silk.
