Later Chinese bronzes of the Song to Qing Dynasties up until around the 1970’s got very little to no attention from scholars or collectors on a wide scale. The dating and understanding them was of little interest, especially in comparison to the ancient examples from the Shang, Zhou and Warring States eras until fairly recently […]

For over a decade we like so many have become increasingly dissatisfied with the available options for buying and selling Asian art on the web, as either a seller or a buyer.  This includes both auction sites and fixed price sites. We keep asking ourselves, why can’t a site do both much better than eBay? […]

If you’re a member of the Bidamount Global Auction Member Pages, you’re already familiar with the Auctioneer Report Card. If you’re not this is just a sampling of how we rank some of the auctioneers on Liveauctioneers, Bidsquare and iNvaluable. It’s good information to have access to before opening your wallet. Just one of the […]

A few thoughts about grandchildren during the lock-down. Over the last couple of months we’ve all been required to restrict our movements, practice “Social Distancing” and adopt other safety precautions to do our parts to help slow and end the spread of Covid-19. The other night I was talking on the phone with my daughter […]

Ok, time for a little Rant… “China’s problem,like Russia’s before 1991 is the one party problem and so long as one fifth of humanity are subject to the will of an unaccountable,corrupt and power-hungry organization with a long history of crimes against it’s own people,the rest of the world is also at risk”. Niall Ferguson, […]

This month an auction of what looks to be all fakes and copies of Chinese “art”. The sale is taking place at Roswell Auctions in Roswell Georgia at 1050 Northfield Ct. . If you’ve never heard of the Roswell Auction gallery, you might recall a firm selling the same tripe at the same location with […]

When it comes to finding Chinese porcelain auction bargains you need to see and examine dozens and dozens of good objects. Most importantly, always leave a bid for an amount you’d be happy to pay for an object, leave a lot of bids. Also , leave bids as EARLY as you can once you determine […]

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is well know for it’s western paintings and sculpture, but when it come to their Asian art holdings…not so much. The PMA has a superb collection comprising thousands of examples of Asian art. From Chinese scholars objects to Indian sculpture, they have it all. Recently we did a video focussing […]

The National Palace Museum Video Tour The National Palace Museum, if you’re heading to Taiwan it is a must see visit to spend the entire day. The variety, quality and breathtaking depth of the collection will overwhelm you. Not only seeing the objects themselves, but be sure to to read and absorb as much as […]