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Subject:Re: Nephrite Sword guard,possibly Han
Posted By: Super Mon, Jan 26, 2015
Kim Lee or whoever you are:
What you said actually made a lot of sense:
"No responsible collector or dealer would give you an opinion on authenticity without examining the item in person."
But may serve better if you would replace the "collector or dealer" with "jade experts or jade professionals".
One of the most respected jade experts in North America absolutely refused to render opinions on any of my jade pieces based digital pictures only. He said it was hard enough to appraise any jade pieces in person, it would be foolhardy to attempt to appraise them from pictures. That came from a jade expert who was invited by one of the largest auction houses to study Emperor QianLong's archer ring collection that was sold for seven figures (in US dollars).
However, for us jade collectors aka jade lovers if we cannot even attempt to share our opinions or thoughts on any jade pieces, what fun would there be? Are we not responsible if we render our opinions on jade pieces that were posted here? Did any of us claim we are jade experts or professional jade appraisers and charge anybody a fee? You need to relax and just enjoy the hobby. If you expect academic discussions on any Asian arts including jades here, may be you are in the wrong place? No pun intended.
On the other hand, a lot of supposedly "responsible" dealers including some auction houses would often include some dubious jade pieces in their auctions. Did they give the buyers a life-time money back guarantees for the jade pieces they auctioned? I doubt it.
One of the renown jade experts who resides in California, has written quite a few jade works, has his own web site selling expensive jade pieces, often appraised jades for a fee. Yet, some believed he did a great job while many did not believe his opinions was worth more than the paper on which they were written. Would you consider him an "armchair" expert too?
In short, even among so called "jade experts" or "jade professionals", even they can appraise a jade piece in person, they would very often render totally different opinions. Therefore, may be you should not be so hard on others or on yourself. I have yet met a jade dealer who would guarantee to buy back any jade pieces they sold at the same prices or with slight discounts they sold them for. What did that tell you? Super
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