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We all would agree that it is not a good thing to represent items as being ancient or antique when they are not. That's an easy one. I believe that Edmund Lei launched the jade discussion forum in good faith and that he truly hoped it would be an educational arena
(that it proved otherwise is an artifact of human nature, not his intentions.) I visited him once at his home in Vancouver and the family members were genuinely enthusiastic about and proud of their personal collection of jades, many of them similar to those they sold. I do not think that their "Method of Dating" cited by Fred was bogus or meant to mislead -- at least not initially. I could be wrong, but this is my reading of the situation. There are still collectors in China who have published books of their collections of "Hongshan" jades, jades very similar to some of those shown above. The fact that they believe in the age and authenticity of these "Hongshan" pieces would suggest that it is not impossible that he, too, was caught up in the excitement of the chase in the 1980's and 1990's, The jades in question, their makers and the motives of those who sold them have often been simplified, vilified and caricatured out of all recognition.
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