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<p>[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 9863708, member: 15376"]Well this turns out to be the best purchase of the day, I think I'll stick to antiques from my own continent lol! China is a minefield.</p><p><br /></p><p>Honestly Bosko this type of thing would normally be way out of my price range, but this dealer wasn't really a dealer but just happened to do the occasional clean out etc. Gorgeous taste for small prices. I just liked the faces and it looked old!</p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah I'm desperate to get my hands on some of these house clearances. We don't get estate sales like you do in the states, rather they're 'vide maisons' (literally: empty house) and its always tupperware, dishes, and kids toys. I don't know where the chateaus/villas/old houses are listed. One guy got a 15th century wood and painted leather bench from a chateau for 50 euros, but they just wanted them gone. Kill me.</p><p><br /></p><p>So for now the best I can do is vide greniers, which to be fair haven't been bad! No word yet by the way from the last museum about those boxes, I need to message him again as he was on holiday last time and may have missed my message completely.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 9863708, member: 15376"]Well this turns out to be the best purchase of the day, I think I'll stick to antiques from my own continent lol! China is a minefield. Honestly Bosko this type of thing would normally be way out of my price range, but this dealer wasn't really a dealer but just happened to do the occasional clean out etc. Gorgeous taste for small prices. I just liked the faces and it looked old! Yeah I'm desperate to get my hands on some of these house clearances. We don't get estate sales like you do in the states, rather they're 'vide maisons' (literally: empty house) and its always tupperware, dishes, and kids toys. I don't know where the chateaus/villas/old houses are listed. One guy got a 15th century wood and painted leather bench from a chateau for 50 euros, but they just wanted them gone. Kill me. So for now the best I can do is vide greniers, which to be fair haven't been bad! No word yet by the way from the last museum about those boxes, I need to message him again as he was on holiday last time and may have missed my message completely.[/QUOTE]
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