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VANDOO · 16th March 2006, 04:19 PM

I WOULD SAY THE NETHERLANDS WOULD BE THE MOST LIKELY PLACE TO FIND LOTS OF HIGH QUALITY KERIS. THEY CONTROLLED THE AREA FOR A LONG TIME AND LIKED TO BRING BACK SOUVINEERS AND TROPHYS OF WAR LIKE THE BRITISH AND MOST OTHER NATIONS. THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PICK UP LOTS OF ROYAL KERIS ESPECIALLY IN BALI WHERE THE ENTIRE ROYAL FAMILY WAS WIPED OUT BY THEM. THE PORTUGESE WERE IN THE SPICE ISLANDS BEFORE THE DUTCH SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME OLD EXAMPLES TO BE FOUND THERE. OVER THE YEARS OTHER NATIONS HAVE PICKED UP SOME KERIS AS SOME COUNTRYS ECONOMYS GET STRONGER WHILE OTHERS GET WEAKER. I SUSPECT THAT THE BEST KERIS ARE STILL IN THE HANDS OF THE RICH OR MUSEUMS IN THE COUNTRYS WHO TOOK THEM ORIGINALLY. THE LESSER QUALITY ONES OR THOSE BROUGHT HOME BY COMMON SAILORS OR SOLDIERS WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN SOLD, AND COLLECTIONS AUCTIONED OFF OVER THE YEARS UPON THE DEATH OF THE COLLECTOR.

16th March 2006, 04:19 PM	#2
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	I WOULD SAY THE NETHERLANDS WOULD BE THE MOST LIKELY PLACE TO FIND LOTS OF HIGH QUALITY KERIS. THEY CONTROLLED THE AREA FOR A LONG TIME AND LIKED TO BRING BACK SOUVINEERS AND TROPHYS OF WAR LIKE THE BRITISH AND MOST OTHER NATIONS. THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PICK UP LOTS OF ROYAL KERIS ESPECIALLY IN BALI WHERE THE ENTIRE ROYAL FAMILY WAS WIPED OUT BY THEM. THE PORTUGESE WERE IN THE SPICE ISLANDS BEFORE THE DUTCH SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME OLD EXAMPLES TO BE FOUND THERE. OVER THE YEARS OTHER NATIONS HAVE PICKED UP SOME KERIS AS SOME COUNTRYS ECONOMYS GET STRONGER WHILE OTHERS GET WEAKER. I SUSPECT THAT THE BEST KERIS ARE STILL IN THE HANDS OF THE RICH OR MUSEUMS IN THE COUNTRYS WHO TOOK THEM ORIGINALLY. THE LESSER QUALITY ONES OR THOSE BROUGHT HOME BY COMMON SAILORS OR SOLDIERS WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN SOLD, AND COLLECTIONS AUCTIONED OFF OVER THE YEARS UPON THE DEATH OF THE COLLECTOR.