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The Oldest item you have ever owned
This may interest the posters.
Why not send a photograph of the oldest item you have owned.
I will start thing off with a 4000 year old urn.
What's a Chinese urn...........depends, if they own or work in the restaurant
Back in 1979 I bought this urn + other items off a group of Chinese people who where stuck in Atlanta due to the troubles in China. After putting on an exhibition at the High Museum they did not have any way of returning home. The money paid was for their air fares.
neolithic urn with painted decoration
2 loop handles, cylindrical neck
circa 2000 - 3000 BC
north / central china - posibly from Kensu, Shensi, Shansi or Donan
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I have a fossilised sharks tooth from a few million or so years ago... will try and post a photo soon
You are what you eat......I eat nuts and crackers!!!!!
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I have a small stone from the top of Scafell Pike, probably from the Ordovician geologic period, around 450 million years ago.
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how do you know the chinese urn is genuine john..
hard subject to deal in.
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Originally Posted by
briana5125
how do you know the Chinese urn is genuine john..
hard subject to deal in.
now that is a very good question.
I bought about 100 items if I remember rightly.
Some of the items where damaged.
I sold the damaged items to a mad collector who had all the items he bought checked in a scientific lab... all came back as genuine for their age.
So I presume the other items are real.
Remember in 1979 in China there was so many real items there was no need to produce reproductions. But in 1990 things had changed.
Just for the record the item I have shown
neolithic urn with painted decoration
2 loop handles, cylindrical neck
circa 2000 - 3000 BC
north / central china - possibly from Kensu, Shensi, Shansi or Donan
Was excepted by the Chinese Government when I exported it.
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WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS JOHN
LOOKS OLD ANYWAY!
LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE TOOK YOUR ADVICE AND TRIED TO PAINT IT WHITE..
MAYBE THEY SHOULD HAVE FINISHED IT.
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Terracotta pot
Does not look as old as the old items so far.
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Originally Posted by
briana5125
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS JOHN
LOOKS OLD ANYWAY!
LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE TOOK YOUR ADVICE AND TRIED TO PAINT IT WHITE..
MAYBE THEY SHOULD HAVE FINISHED IT.
Looks like a very "interesting" pot there Briana. Which car boot sale did you say you managed to source this item from?
In all honesty Vanny, do you stock may of these terracotta pots or are they not really your speciality?
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Last edited by antiqueman; 29/10/2010 at 11:06 PM.
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I would rather have your pot than the Queens
Last edited by antiqueman; 30/10/2010 at 12:06 AM.
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Remember....
If CRACKPOTS did not go to garden centres
then
crack and painted pots would not sell
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ooooh! I could just have a slice of parkin now with a cuppa
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used to have a collection of roman coins very heavy copper.............
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