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Originally Posted by ariel
..... What the ...blip... is going on?
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... business as usual :-) And there are plenty of examples to prove that greed and ignorance mix well together. just a few recent ones:
1. you'd think: who'd pay $6000+ for a new Indian dagger? apparently there was a bidding war. The hilt is not jade. the word Nephrite was not used in description. "Jade" was a reference to a colour:-) it was actually quartz i.e. green aventurine stone. The dagger is not 19th or early 20th Century:-), but similar to $200-$400 offered on eBay.
http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/l...7-63356f505432
2. the same is for these two daggers. but they even newer:-). sold as 18th Century.... for $7000+
http://www.sothebys.com/app/live/lot...ive_lot_id=219
The dealers see this, and do not want to miss out on opportunity. Today I saw one asking $15,000 for new Indian knife... I did not even bother to think:
"what the ...blip... is going on?" :-) :-) :-)