This guide will define, in general terms,what Is, and what Is Not, Satsuma. We have been collecting, researching, studying, buying and selling fine Satsuma since 1971. Our guides will assist you in...
This is to update the Scratch Test mentioned in my previous guide,Bidding on Anceint Chinese Jades. In that guide, I had suggested the use of a sharp steak knife to perform the Scratch Test on jadeite or...
Antique Porcelain Pottery Shards from China Chinese porcelain pottery shards have become very popular as wearable art and as collectibles. There are many places to buy them on-line including ebay. Shards...
Caveat Emptor, eBay warns! "Let the buyer BEWARE!" And if it's an amazingly low-priced "rare antique" out of China, you can bet your bippy it probably isn't rare, and it certainly isn't a genuine "antique"....
There are a large number of sellers who are located in mainland China who specialize in cheap, excellent copies of antique and vintage horse sculptures, as well as some beautiful copies of some pretty gnarly...
There are many items on the Market today being represented and sold as Ivory that really aren't. This may be due to intentional deception or innocent ignorance. Next to the term "Antique", this is the most...
KUTANI VS SATSUMA If you are a Satsuma collector and someone lists an item as Satsuma that you definitely know isn't Satsuma just from the picture, it is kind of aggervating. The same is true of a Kutani...
COLLECTING CINNABAR Cinnabar is a ware that is made of numerous layers of a heavy meruric sulfide and often referred to as Vermillion, the red hue in which it is most commonly found (brown is also a very...
No one intentionally ruins an antique, right? But lots of people do make costly mistakes caring for antiques every day simply because they don't know any better. Read on for valuable information to keep you...
Dear Collectors In the convenient and anonymous world of Internet auctions, the best defense is to educate yourself. Use more than one glance to decide if an auction is on the right path. The more questions...