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Antique Trader Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide 25 years ago. However, in all that time this guide has maintained unequivocal reliability of pricing

An Antique Rose Wood Chair with Arms, Carved flower panel and a small piece of marbel as chair back
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Ming Underglazed Red Pear Vase 
14th Century Early Ming Underglazed Red Pear Vase
A bottle vase decorated with peony scrolls around the body and an unglazed base
 

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This couple of pieces of silver pillow case adornment nice crafted with daisy edge designed and circled with rows of flora. If you look closely there  are couples of tiny holes where one can put a sewing needle through to hold these sliver art pieces with threads. This pieces are usually used by the wealthy [...]

A fine Peranakan (Straits Chinese) string of golden plated silver beaded chain.  These was commonly worn by the Nyonya Baba Ladies of the Peranakan.

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Statement of significance
Silver-smithing in Malaysia began many centuries after the use of gold, as silver is not indigenous there, although it is mined in Burma, Laos and Thailand, and had to be imported by foreign traders. The silver industry in Malaysia declined in the 1930s when there was a shortage of silver and cheap commercial [...]

A piece of old silver belt buckle worn by the rich Malay. I have done some research .. read the next post

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Sotheby’s, Taking One for All Auctioneers
November 7th, 2007 by admin
What happens when you have 20 various creditors to a dealer’s bankruptcy, who wants to opt out first? Sotheby’s, of course, is trying to opt out of the NY State Supreme Court ruling by Judge Richard B. Lowe III that blocks the sale of all art [...]