Chinese Auction Houses Go Global – Asia Business News – CNBC The international art auction world has long been dominated by Sotheby’s and Christie’s which have more than 500 years of history between them. But recent Hong Kong auctions have heralded the emergence of two new rivals – from China. Poly International Auction, the world’s […]
Searching Ebay For Chinese Antiques Just Got Easy
Searching Ebay For Chinese Antiques Just Got Easy Before you forget, Bookmark this page, or the bidamount.com site itself. Their is a link to the site as well on the right side of this page too…we don’t want you to get lost. Its one of the FEW free sites on the web…we wouldn’t know how […]
Chinese Collectors Lose Millions on Chinese Fakes
The Setup During the last 20 years its no secret that Chinese antiques have skyrocketed crazily in value, its also no secret that potters in Jingdezhen have busy beavers cranking out fakes by the trainload, literally for most of that time and longer. The same goes for jade carvings and bronzes. The Chinese government not surprisingly, is also […]
Christies Highlights May 30 2012 Hong Kong
Christies Highlights May 30 2012 Hong Kong MAGNIFICENT AND RARE CELADON-GLAZED ARCHAISTIC VASE, HU QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) Price Realized: $3,709,725 Lot Description Qianlong Mark and Period Celadon Vase, Christies, Hong Kong, May 30, 2012 The vase is well potted in baluster form with an angular sloping shoulder rising […]
Early Dated 18th C. Norwegian Hen Form Rosemaling Ale Bowl
Early Dated 18th C. Norwegian Hen Form Rosemaling Ale Bowl During the course of any given year I attend dozens and dozens of estate auctions here in the Gloucester, Massachusetts area. Usually seeking out Asian works of art in the forms of porcelains, bronzes, jades, scrolls and textiles.. This past week I caught wind of […]
Chinese Lamp Sells for 868357 Dollars in England
Chinese Lamp Sells for 868357Dollars in England Chinese Emporer Xuande (1425-1435) On May 14th of 2012 at Dukes Auction House in Dorcehster, Dorset, England sold what had been used as a table lamp by an elderly woman for $868,357 (550,000 pounds). She had apparently been given the lamp many years ago after it had been long […]