Saturday, May 30, 2015

Saerching For Ng Ting Kau

There is a visitor from United Kingdom searching for “recommend furniture antique repair kuala lumpur”. My late father used to repair and sell antique furniture in Kuala Lumpur. There was a workshop at Campbell Road, Kuala Lumpur, I do not know where it is shifted. The high operation cost has put a stop to antique furniture repair in Kuala Lumpur.
Another three visitors from Singapore with one searching for “peranakan porcelain wares in Singapore” and the other searching for “antique nyonya ware” and the third visitor searching for “ANTIQUE NYONYA WARE SALE” which is difficult for me to tell because I see the items in front of me and as I turn my back it sold, I don’t know what to say. Maybe to say the right thing is that you may buy the right nyonya piece at the right place and at the right time. The place to order nyonya porcelain ware is Jing dezhen or Bandung and this was earlier mentioned in this blog. I saw two beautiful nyonya ware kamcheng at a shopping complex at my recent Saturday outing.
Next two visitors from Petaling jaya searching for “ng ting kau” which I had stated he died and his death is found in this blog because one visitor has search for him and not to let the visitor chasing after rainbow, I answered to this visitors ‘ search. I took over his business and started a shop at a shopping complex but collectors fail to see the true antiques and the risk in collecting antique porcelain ware to all collectors are told to beware of ‘Bandung copies or Jingdezhen copies”. I am now a freelance dealer and very busy with my lunch is my hour for rest at Sing Kee coffee shop owned by my niece opposite Pearl Point International Hotel at Old Klang Road, Kuala Lumpur. Visitors can call to this place because I met one knowledgeable man in Chinese history and we shared knowledge over lunch. There are not many good collectors in Chinese antiques I heard of which can provide knowledge to others, maybe Mr. William Willetts, Mr. Peter Clague(Malaysia), Mr. Lu Yaw and the learned magistrate, Mr. Che Mokhtar Bin Ali. Their help will not make collectors failure.

Three visitors from Easton Pennsylvannia searching for “che mokhtar binche ali Chinese ceramics malaysia e-mail”, the second searching for “lu yaw Chinese ceramics Singapore e-mail. You can advertise in the newspaper at the respective countries for their contacts. The e-mail addresses are of no importance to me because many distant themselves from me. My importance is to check and learn to tell whether the items are genuine or copies or fakes with a good conclusion.

Sunday, May 10, 2015

Singaporean Collectors

This two visitors from Singapore with one searching for “peranakan porcelain genuine” another searching for “antiqueperanakanporcelien” are trying to make a fool out of me.
The Origin of Peranakan in Straits Settlement dated Wednesday 24 July 2013 states that the use of the word Peranakan appeared in the 1960’s when the then Straits Chinese British Association and later Peranakan Association Singapore on 23 February 1966. Peranakan porcelain ware among the other wares which is found to be bandung copies because of the demand of antique porcelain. Until now I do not know which is the best namely Pua nguar, nyonya ware or Peranakan ware?
Many years ago my late father was famous for sending away customers or visitors from Singapore concerning antiques and this was well known in Singapore. The trouble starts with these trouble makers who browse around and accuse him of selling fake antiques and his reply was to throw them out by saying “Don’t come here and get yourself cheated” and just ignored them making themselves to go off. None of them including other collectors refused to hear his explanation.  Arrogant collectors have thought that they are the best collectors and need not hear what others have to say. Now that collectors have turned experts are the best people to find out how to decide with details that the specimen is a fake or genuine.

 The best way is to look for an expert to advise you on genuineness and also where to buy so that purchases will not be wrong.