The specialists guide to Chinese antiques.

Chat with any “old school buyer” of Chinese antiques about the late eighties/early nineties and stories of 200 RMB rosewood tables and Ming dynasty porcelain for a few hundred RMB will bubble quickly to the surface. In recent times, this period might be considered the modern birth of the industry, with western buyers in Hong [...]

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Without saying if I agree or disagree, here are two interesting articles which I picked up off the Museum Security Network website (though one was originally from Bloomberg) regarding last years controversial auction of  a bronze heads of a rat and a rabbit looted from  Beijing’s Summer Palace  in 1860 .  Interesting perspectives – [...]

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No wonder customs is so difficult when it comes to exporting antique stone these days…..

The return of a smuggled Tang Dynasty (AD 618 – 907) sarcophagus from the United States to China may serve as a good example for international collaboration to curb the rampant pillaging and smuggling of treasures, researchers have [...]

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http://www.antiquefurniturefair.com/
 

Showdates：
May 15-18,2009

 
Venue：
Shanghai Exhibition Center （No.1000 Yan`an Road (Middle)Shanghai P.R.China

Approved by :
Shanghai Foreign Economic Relation & Trade Commission
Shanghai Cultural Administration Committee

 
Organizer：
Shanghai Antique Dealers Association
Shanghai Real Exhibition Service Co., Ltd.

 
Sponsors:
Shanghai Collection Association
Zhejiang Collection Association
Shanghai Zhongfu Curio Center
Shanghai Yunzhou Curio Center
Shanghai Friendship Department Store
ShenZhen Curio Center
Shanghai Curio & Artworks Almanac Edition Commission
“Art & Collection “(Magazine)
www.online.sh.cn

 
Exhibits [...]

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For those furniture importers, wholesalers, trade buyers, interior designers or furniture retailers in the business who were unable to make it to this years Shanghai furniture fair, its worth heading over to our China sourcing blog to see what you missed.
 
Shabby chic remains a strong look and some of this years other nicer offerings included [...]

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If you are a buyer and need the rundown on the fall trade show schedule for China, see our post on our other blog entitled:Fall schedule for furniture and decor trade shows, expos and other happening in China

Related Books:
Consolidated Fibers: a leader in fiber solutions.(2010 Company Capabilities EXPO IN PRINT)(Company overview): An article from: Nonwovens [...]

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A while back, ACF’s Roger Schwendeman was featured on CCTV (China Central Television) Channel 4’s program Culture Express. CCTV 4 is broadcast throughout China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and worldwide via satellite.
CCTV’s team accompanied Roger for several days during buying trips of un-restored Chinese antiques, and then onward to oversee the next steps [...]

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Here is an excerpt from an interesting article I found on yahoo about Hong Kong’s Hollywood road:
“On Hollywood Road, Hong Kong’s famed strip of art and antique outlets, the shopfronts provide a veritable tour of Chinese and Asian history, selling everything from Tibetan temple carpets and centuries-old Chinese wedding cabinets to giant Cambodian and Burmese [...]

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