All authentic Chinese antiques will have certificates confirming their provenance. In piazza venues, bargain as much as you like to get the best prices.WineOf course, Macau is a good place to buy aromatic authentic Douru or Alentejo wine imported from Portugal at duty-free prices. Vinho Tinto...
There are many senior players, their stuff is quite good, but if you don’t know them, they are unlikely to take out their antiques. Xian Wuji Antique Market has a total of four layers, one floor in the underground, the ground three layers, a total construction area of 7000 square ...
There are two main streams of pottery: 1) the simple and un-glazed earthenware that relates to the simplicity of Zen Buddhism and the partly decorated tea ceremony ware, and 2) the brightly colored, complex designs which stem from Chinese influence and are, in recent times, often factory mad...
Here is a few places where you can find some: Shenzhen Hongkai Crafts Market(Shenzhen Hongji Craft Market) which is located within theDongmen marketarea. It has an entry on 1 Lixin Road. It has 4 floors of jade crafts, crystal products, antiques and paintings, old posters, old ...
Antiques, curios and collectables : where to buy them in New ZealandParsons, John
Chaowai Market:(about half a kilometer north of Panjiayuan Market. Every day, morning until early evening). Four floors of random stuff, ranging from furniture to antiques. Hongqiao “Pearl” Market:(Hongqiao Lu. Open daily). Located in Beijing’s Chongwen district, it’s the place to go ...
New modern rugs have no real resale value so it is as if you bought a new $20,000 couch — once you take it home it will not be worth anything near to what you paid for it. Why Buy New Rugs When The Antiques May Cost You Less? People compare new rugs to antique carpets all th...
For that amount of cash, you’d assume the business magnate would be open to looking at your financial portfolio. Having explored a few markets you can also venture elsewhere for a more consistent offering of good quality watches. General sales of antiques and collectables at auction houses in...
Where to Buy For specialties: Guwan Zihua Cheng (The City of Antique and Calligraphy and Paintings) Location: Yantan, Lanzhou This archaized architecture houses around 80 shops, offering antiques, calligraphies, paintings, the four treasures of the study (writing brush, ink stick, ink stone and...
Here at Londonist we love a bookshop, be it anindependent storeor afabulous literary haunt. But what about when you're craving that old-book smell, and you fancy thumbing through some proper antiques (or alternatively, just something that's thrifty)?