DIFFERENT LEVELS OF COLLECTING

Dajak · 20th October 2006, 05:18 PM

Hi Vandoo the best things I did always get not from ebay not from an gallery
but from old time collectors

There is no way that it is a big advantage if you have more money

KNOWLEDGE AND THE WILL TO SEARCH FLEAMARKET ETC is in most ways more important than money

The knowledge to examing a piece on authentic age is very important
also connections so studying is an advantage just that you don t pay to much money for an piece the quality on ebay at the moment is bad on indonesian weapons so they put on not so old stuff and make this standard
a very bad thing but happend also with african stuff objects etc.

I did try sometimes to buy an object offering a lot off money but the owner would not sell it
and more in for an trade so I always buy old nice things for a possible trade.

The most Tribal Art dealers are the last possibility to buy something in my
opinion but there always a few you can buy stuff for an normal price
from the whole world I just need one hand to count them

It is also like this philipine weapons you find them the most in the US

But Indonesian you find in the Netherlands

North Borneo and Indian stuff in England

Regards Ben

PS Japanese stuff for me also to expensive

20th October 2006, 05:18 PM	#10
Dajak Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 951	Hi Vandoo the best things I did always get not from ebay not from an gallery but from old time collectors There is no way that it is a big advantage if you have more money KNOWLEDGE AND THE WILL TO SEARCH FLEAMARKET ETC is in most ways more important than money The knowledge to examing a piece on authentic age is very important also connections so studying is an advantage just that you don t pay to much money for an piece the quality on ebay at the moment is bad on indonesian weapons so they put on not so old stuff and make this standard a very bad thing but happend also with african stuff objects etc. I did try sometimes to buy an object offering a lot off money but the owner would not sell it and more in for an trade so I always buy old nice things for a possible trade. The most Tribal Art dealers are the last possibility to buy something in my opinion but there always a few you can buy stuff for an normal price from the whole world I just need one hand to count them It is also like this philipine weapons you find them the most in the US But Indonesian you find in the Netherlands North Borneo and Indian stuff in England Regards Ben PS Japanese stuff for me also to expensive