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Flying Tigers

Posted By: Terry
Posted Date: Apr 23, 2010 (08:36 AM)

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Good morning Bill: Thank you for responding to my message and yes, I did mean Bill H. I just typed a message but I think I lost it so here goes again.

I don't want to sell the Flying Tigers memorabilia. I will keep that for my son. I want to sell what I think is jade, ivory, porcelain & wood.

I don't know anything about Asian art. Some kind of dogs (or other animal) seems to be popular in the jade carvings. Some of the porcelain looks to be very old and some looks to be very fine and thin. It is so thin you can see your hand behind it. Did the Chinese make thin porcelain years ago or would this type be newer?

I remember my father saying that he carried one vase on his lap all the way back from China because he thought it was so valuable. I don't know which vase that was or if I still have it. I know at least one vase was broken over the years. I also remember him telling me that once when he was in China he was looking for old porcelain but couldn't find any. He then ran into an old priest who took him down to his basement, showed my father what he had & my father did buy someting from him. Did China have priests?

Last story. My father made a crash landing in China during the war and traded some food rations for 2 rubies. When I turned 21 my father gave me one of the rubies in a ring. At the time I was dating a guy whose father owned a jewelry store. When this jeweler looked at my ring he told me it was a fake ruby. I related this to my father and he told me that was impossible. He had landed in a remote part of China where they had never seen a white man before. I went back to the jeweler and told him this. He then looked at my ring again and keep changing his jewelers loupe for a stronger loupe until he looked up, stunned. He then told me that it was almost a perfect ruby. He said it had one tiny inclusion and offered me $25,000 for it. This was many years ago. Of course I didn't sell it. I still have it and I also now have the second ruby that was set in a necklace for my mother. I know this has nothing to do with my father's Chinese collection, but I think it is an interesting story.

I have been taking pictures of everything. When I finish I'm going to have the pictures put on a cd. I don't know how to post pictures on the internet but I'm sure my son could teach me. After reading some of the posts I am worried. It would be heartbreaking to find out that what my father thought were treasures turned out to be worthless.

Thank you for your time.

Terry

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Re: Flying Tigers - Bill H - Apr 23, 2010 (08:31 PM)

Re: Flying Tigers - Cal - Apr 23, 2010 (08:36 PM)

Re: Flying Tigers - Gman - Apr 25, 2010 (01:01 AM)