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Original Message: Re: The pleasures of jade 2

Ancient jade has become almost prohibitively expensive in recent years. Once upon a time, however, I bought a bag of Han dynasty (2,000 year old) jades in a pawnshop in Macau (Macau was and is a gambler's mecca so there are lots of pawnshops!). They cost me less than $20. Here's the only one I still have - it's the tip or finial of something or other and a lovely piece of stone, oxidized in part, with a beautiful patina.
The second picture is of a Zhou dynasty white jade carving of a cowrie shell; it was still easily affordable when I bought it a couple of years ago from Bob Reis, the coin dealer and expert on pretty much everything.
Will
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Original Message: Re: The pleasures of jade 2
Ancient jade has become almost prohibitively expensive in recent years. Once upon a time, however, I bought a bag of Han dynasty (2,000 year old) jades in a pawnshop in Macau (Macau was and is a gambler's mecca so there are lots of pawnshops!). They cost me less than $20. Here's the only one I still have - it's the tip or finial of something or other and a lovely piece of stone, oxidized in part, with a beautiful patina. The second picture is of a Zhou dynasty white jade carving of a cowrie shell; it was still easily affordable when I bought it a couple of years ago from Bob Reis, the coin dealer and expert on pretty much everything. Will Copyright 2024 All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users

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