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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 10006918, member: 360"]I bought my set for about $400. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yours will date to the early 1900s. </p><p><br /></p><p>The numbers on the tiles means that it was made for export. Sets weren't made for large-scale export to the US until the 1920s, so yours is about 100 years old, +/- 5 years. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's more elaborate, which means it's likely to be older. "MADE IN CHINA" in this context almost always means MADE IN SHANGHAI. That's where the mahjong factories were in China, taking advantage of the Port of Shanghai for large-scale export directly to the USA.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 10006918, member: 360"]I bought my set for about $400. Yours will date to the early 1900s. The numbers on the tiles means that it was made for export. Sets weren't made for large-scale export to the US until the 1920s, so yours is about 100 years old, +/- 5 years. It's more elaborate, which means it's likely to be older. "MADE IN CHINA" in this context almost always means MADE IN SHANGHAI. That's where the mahjong factories were in China, taking advantage of the Port of Shanghai for large-scale export directly to the USA.[/QUOTE]
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