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<p>[QUOTE="Desertau, post: 10008740, member: 86775"]The white jade mostly goes unrecognized here, my river pebble a piece of the best you could find in China every jade shop I venture into they are trying to buy it from me with offers over 20K from dealers looking for a quick buck, I was in an auction house in Alameda, California and was testing the appraiser asking how much for my jade pendant and she said they weren’t interested she gets these by the dozens… I told her I’d take them all then, lol. Same thing in antique shops, Chinese dealers in the US know what it is but westerners for the most part have no idea.</p><p><br /></p><p>lots of things you wouldn’t think valuable if you know, I found a large special polished walnut in an antique shop in a Jackson, CA for $10 worth a couple hundred in China, my friend the jade book author bought a early horn Chinese made gold scale from the gold rush minors for $90 and sold it in China for $1000.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Desertau, post: 10008740, member: 86775"]The white jade mostly goes unrecognized here, my river pebble a piece of the best you could find in China every jade shop I venture into they are trying to buy it from me with offers over 20K from dealers looking for a quick buck, I was in an auction house in Alameda, California and was testing the appraiser asking how much for my jade pendant and she said they weren’t interested she gets these by the dozens… I told her I’d take them all then, lol. Same thing in antique shops, Chinese dealers in the US know what it is but westerners for the most part have no idea. lots of things you wouldn’t think valuable if you know, I found a large special polished walnut in an antique shop in a Jackson, CA for $10 worth a couple hundred in China, my friend the jade book author bought a early horn Chinese made gold scale from the gold rush minors for $90 and sold it in China for $1000.[/QUOTE]
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