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simatua · 5th November 2005, 10:17 AM

Thanks for your information Kiai, i appriciated it, and looking at the treads you posted, really can see you know your stuff. For myself i am not a expert just a passionate collector.

Export antiques from Indonesia is iligal, but i my (collector)eyes better than let it rust away. The knowledge and intrest of young people in Indonesia is very low and they rather have a new hp or dvd than a nice piece of antique.
For example i got a old keris very rusty(took me 2 weeks to clean),....nobody wanted to have it! Also saved an antique wayang kulit just before people wanted throwing away....

5th November 2005, 10:17 AM	#5
simatua Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 69	TQ Thanks for your information Kiai, i appriciated it, and looking at the treads you posted, really can see you know your stuff. For myself i am not a expert just a passionate collector. Export antiques from Indonesia is iligal, but i my (collector)eyes better than let it rust away. The knowledge and intrest of young people in Indonesia is very low and they rather have a new hp or dvd than a nice piece of antique. For example i got a old keris very rusty(took me 2 weeks to clean),....nobody wanted to have it! Also saved an antique wayang kulit just before people wanted throwing away....