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Re: Incredibly Well Researched Colleciton of Asian Arts to be sold at Matheson's AA Auction in Melbourne, FL

Posted By: PyroManiac
Posted Date: Mar 08, 2008 (02:54 AM)

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I'm the type of person who believe what their eyes tell them no matter what provenance a said item is supposed to have. At least about those ceramics wares on auction, I would not touch with a 10 foot pole. Okey, one can take the time to collect some very good quality fakes and try to sell them. High quality fakes because of their quality can confuse possible collectors and be subjected to debate amongst buyers. Most of the ceramic pieces on the website are of better quality but then you include something like that "Chinese Porcelain Famille Noire Glazed Vase" which is anything but high quality and yet is supposed to be Kangxi mark and period. It's a one glance fake. Proportions are all wrong for a Yen Yen vase, foot is all wrong, painting style is all wrong, color of enamel is all wrong and to top it all off you have the ever present sprayed orange coating on the foot to give it some age. All in all the vase is all wrong. If that one vase is obviously wrong, what about the other pieces from the same collection eh? Just from the images in your website alone, I can see 5 out of 7 pieces that are VERY questionable.

Not wanting to sound rude since the last person that came on the forum to advertise to sell their wares were commented upon by other posters as peddlers of fakes. Since I'm sure these are all consignment sales, you and your company's good name may be taken advantage of by the seller who knows that the said items on offer are dubious. Why did the museum remove them from display? Is that museum specialist in Asian Art? I went to their web page; they do have an Asian art section but it was sprinkled with all sorts of wares from Asia. A little here and a little there....and only one ceramic item from China; a Han burial piece. Very different from the things on offer here.

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Re: Re: Incredibly Well Researched Colleciton of Asian Arts to be sold at Matheson's AA Auction in Melbourne, FL - Larry - Mar 12, 2008 (12:57 AM)