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Message:: [QUOTE="'Nuff_Said, post: 44357, member: 181"]@Moon. I posted it within this Finds Thread last year when we got back from vaca. Picked it out of an antique shop where the owners were saying they had 40 something years of experience in the trade and also do appraisals if we needed one. My DH and I just looked at each other and go "oh yeah, well how much do you want for this vase?" They're replay was something to the effect of "this Chinese vase here?, we'll take $XXX". After a bit of negotiation because of the old repair and damage, they gave us roughly 60% or 65% off their original asking price. We walked out of there feeling pretty good. Not only because we got a great deal on a "Chinese" vase, but we were looked upon like some young-bucks who didn't really know much about antiques. My DH and I get this "look" all the time. Or some folks will even go as far to say: "you'll don't look like you're into antiques". <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/mad.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" />  Are you kidding me!? What does one suppose to "look like" that's into antiques? Anyway, this should help you with some of his marks... [ATTACH=full]11157[/ATTACH] We sold that Japanese Kozan piece picked from those folks on eBay. Got around $800 for it. If there wasn't any old repair and damage, I'm sure well into the four-figures it would have sold for.[/QUOTE]