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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gatoblanconz, post: 8612225, member: 14927&quot;]I live in Australia.</p><p>Europeans have only been here about 250 years. And then those that came didnt have much.</p><p>So there really isnt many antiques here.</p><p>What there is sells for a high price even if it is young and not in good condition.</p><p>When I see the auction sites in Europe via Invaluable it is clear how much better it. Also ebay comparing antiques for sale in UK vs Australia. </p><p>But shipping is very expensive.</p><p>For example I like spelter figures. there are quite a lot of nice ones in the UK (compared to a few broken ones that come up from time to time here), but it costs almost more than the statue to send.</p><p>Here you can pay $1000 for a 19th C oil painting by not a famous artist. I see in Vienna you can get an oil painting from the 1500s for not much more than that.</p><p>But you have to arrange your own shipping, the auction houses dont seem to send. That would be very expensive I imagine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any way around this? Any ideas?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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