These recent visitors searching for: 1) From United Kingdom
searching for “kuala lumpur + oriental tea sets dealers. There are many Chinese
tea merchants in Malaysia and the tea sets available are Yi Hsing tea set, red
clay and glass tea set. 2) Visitor from Bangkok Krung Thep “@ Hotmail +
Singapore antique seller buyer”. This visitor should advertise his search in
the Singapore newspaper classified advertisement so that people can respond to.
3) Visitor from kuala lumpur searching for “cases of ~fakes “antiques”
“Malaysia”. There are a number of cases. A) A local dealer cum owner of a shop
and a peddler was negotiating the price of a Sung dynasty Chun ware bowl and a
European lady walked into the shop insisting to buy the bowl. The peddler
followed this European lady to her house to collect the money. After some time
this European lady went back to the shop and complaint that the bowl was a fake
and demanded for refund. This shop owner told this European lady that the deal
was between the peddler and her but he is willing to contact the peddler. To
cut this story short, the European lady agreed on the term that instalment for
the refund. This peddler then remitted the money from Singapore until the last
few payments that this European lady sued the shop owner. The shop owner died
due to fear. B) In year 1994, A Singapore dental surgeon bought some artefacts
from a shop in a hotel and found that they were fakes and this was told by a
Singaporean antique dealer. Enforcement division of the Domestic Trade and Consumer
Affairs Ministry had initially wanted to charge the dealer under the law but
both parties reached amicable settlement.
(Extracted from The Malay Mail, Tuesday July 12, 1994) C) During the
time when my late father was handling his antique business, I have been
observing his customers and how to overcome genuine and fakes problem. Most of his customers are no longer customers
but browser searching for artefacts with certificates and they are more of a
disturbance. Some of the collectors came over to my house and shouted at him
and calling him “old crook” because he was accused for selling Bandung copies.
Most of the collectors are looking for what I call “lousy ware” and they call
it whatever “nyonya ware, peranakan ware, or straits Chinese porcelain” which
are Bandung copies and also sold by mail order. Now I would like to see a certificate issued
by expert.
4) Visitor from Singapore searching for “blue with white
colour nyonya bowl”. 5) Visitor from Chicago Illinois “collecting straits
Chinese porcelain”. 6) Visitor from Petaling Jaya, Selangor “where can buy
nyonya plate”. You can order these items from Jing dezhen , world famous for
these items.
7) Visitor from K.L. Wilayah Persekutuan ”where to authenticate
antiques”. When I say there is a difference between genuine and fake, objection
against me is that there are no experts. It is up to collectors who want to
have wealth or riches to pass three generations or wealth can’t pass one
generation. (Wealth can’t pass three generations is a Chinese common saying.)
8) There a number of visitors from France, Penang,
Singapore, Hong Kong and different parts of Malaysia “antique shops in
different places like Penang ,Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor. I am sorry to
say that I do not know what they sell and I do not want to point to the shops
otherwise arguments may arise.
9) Visitor from K.L. W Persekutuan “antique shop amcorp mall
William,” This visitor has shown that he has heard about this shop and for him
to find , he need to go to the directory desk at the shopping complex which is situated at the main entrance to get
assistance which is not too difficult.
The future reply for my visitors search will be on hold
because I have many other things to do.