Rumor Buy Rumor Sell

There are visitors searching for 1) Visitor from Singapore searching for “antique store in kuala lumpur”. 2) Visitor from Boardman Oregon U.S.A. searching for “used vintage watches sales in sibu with contact no”.  3) Visitor from kuala lumpur searching for “porcelain plates in K.L”. 4) Visitor from Malaysia searching for “antique for sale in Malaysia”. 5) Visitor from Santa Fe, New Mexico searching for ‘nyonya ware and kitchen ching”. 6) Visitor from Indonesia searching for “Singapore sale tea pot peranakan”.

 I have not heard of antique store in Kuala Lumpur so visitor from Singapore should carry on searching . Visitor from Boardman, Oregon, U.S.A. searching for used vintage watches sales in Sibu with contact number, should know the brand or make of watches available and I wish him a happy time. Next visitor from Kuala Lumpur searching for porcelain plates in Kuala Lumpur which is easy to find and I had seen a lot sold at factory price at shopping complexes. A visitor from Malaysia searching for “antique for sale in Malaysia” which I have not heard of but I came across that dealers are frequently accused of selling fakes or copies because collectors wants dealers to guarantee them that the items they buy to be genuine and to be sold at high prices to their customers and when those items are not suitable for their customer’s house or the items are not sold because the price does not suit the buyers’ budget then make complaints that they are fakes or copies. I have faced these complaints. I will say there are not many good antique Chinese porcelain collectors internationally and now it is needed strict proof from collectors that their collections are good and they are good knowledgeable collectors. Antiques has stock limits and not that you can tell the dealer to order whatever you want and collect or deliver later. A visitor from Santa Fe, New Mexico searching for nyonya ware and kitchen ching. Santa Fe, New Mexico is a different place compared to Malaysia. Malaysia has nyonya ware made in Bandung and Jingdezhen. Kitchen ching  ware are crude which is difficult to find buyers and there are fakes or copies. Last visitor from Indonesia searching for Singapore sale teapot peranakan  should know where to buy and go ahead and buy what you understand what you like. Make sure that it is an important piece.

I have problems in this trade because many said to be collectors do not know what I am talking about and it is like a foreign language to them. I got bad experiences like Nyonya ware and Pua Nguar and good old porcelain items were said to be Bandung copies. Further laughter is found in The STAR World News dated Saturday, 10^th November 2007 titled “Forgotten vase sells for RM19million” tells us that a precious 18^thCentury Chinese vase in a closet virtually forgotten for three decades before selling  for more than Pounds 2.82mil (RM19.8mil). Sotheby’s said. Her blue and white “dragon “vase had been sitting at the bottom of her wardrobe since the 1970s, when an expert told her the piece was a copy. In the 70’s “Bandung copies” in antique ceramic was known and “Jing dezhen copies” were not heard of in Malaysia.

Many years ago, my late father has been giving opportunity to collectors but was not taken up and later I started a shop but was also not taken up so it was the choice of collectors who wants to base their collections on “rumour buy, rumour sell” which I would laugh at “monkey see, monkey do” which means that person has a good collection of Pua Nguar and I also must follow to make up a collection.

 I openly declare that those collectors whom I had known and made my late father their enemy by accusing him for selling fakes or copies are actually the enemies of their own and they cannot blame others for their own wrong. There is nothing for me to hide and I did not hide away from any issues but to educate myself and keep a good valuable collection with one motto “all artefacts are fakes unless and until they are proven to be genuine”.