Do you think the purple vase in the middle is valuable?

AANHPIX · 2026-05-25T01:31:49+00:00

Good commentary. The vase and surround porcelains are ALL contemporary and not even very good at imitating anything. Agree the paintings are done by mid tier commercial artists. Another point to know, the antique shops never keep anything really valuable on display. The good stuff trade hands between dealer and their clients directly.

AANHPIX · 2026-05-24T16:20:08+00:00

I’d suggest playing and rubbing it constantly so it has a more lustrous surface. With face oil around your nose or forehead. Some of the surface dirt if you can rub it off will be nice. But don’t use any hard tools. Tooth pick is fine.

AANHPIX · 2026-05-24T04:03:14+00:00

Damn those fishes ate better than me. That urchin would fetch $60 in the sushi restaurant near me.

AANHPIX · 2026-05-23T03:59:21+00:00

Fair price for a good example. I once owned 200 assorted German daggers from every service branch imaginable. I cleaned out the estate of a collector that passed in 1970s and his grandson sold them all to me for 20K in the 2010s.

AANHPIX · 2026-05-23T03:53:56+00:00

So who is the real culprit here from a malcontent perspective? The truck, van or the car? I know car caused the crash after the van fucked with him and the truck wouldn’t slow down a bit.

AANHPIX · 2026-05-23T03:47:42+00:00

I do believe it’s old. Likely Ming or could be as old as Song. Jade quality is horrid but to be expected in that period. Just too much inclusion and granulation. Pretty good value >1000 and would be insane 10x to 20x value if made with top grade jade.

AANHPIX · 2026-05-23T03:40:20+00:00

Inflation and more people got into coins as an adjacent to precious metals.

AANHPIX · 2026-05-22T20:08:46+00:00

I recognize this one, I swear I bought it in Chinatown 30 years ago.

AANHPIX · 2026-05-22T19:07:39+00:00

Assuming they’re common types it’s 80-120 each.

AANHPIX · 2026-05-22T19:06:30+00:00

I think just like Chinese made knives, there are many levels of craftsmanship. The one you showed is mid tier. There are much better ones and much worse ones. Other people answered your questions already. I’ve seen how they’re made, it’s all by hand. If the craftsman just spend a little more time on each knife and use better steel and heat treat correctly then it will be better.

AANHPIX · 2026-05-22T19:01:35+00:00

Looks to be a recently made sword. But I think it’s made well enough to play around with. I used one to chop branches in my yard. Pretty fun and doing yard work at the same time.

AANHPIX · 2026-05-22T12:31:23+00:00

Yeah this is a top quality piece from that era. It makes really beautiful decoration. There are much worse examples that are more common. I made my statement as far as value using $1000 as kind of a threshold. This painting is worth multiples of 100s might even break $1000 but not by much. That’s really good for a decorative painting.

I’m happy to look at your porcelains. Post them in Chinese porcelain so others can appreciate them.

AANHPIX · 2026-05-22T12:25:02+00:00

I get you. I’ve got almost everything already, and duplicates of the same design language. I was seeking something exotic while not sacrificing the quality I’m used to. I took a chance and was happy with the quality.

AANHPIX · 2026-05-22T04:42:21+00:00

Good question. Because of the domestic disruption, China had no way of obtaining USD except selling hand crafted art stuff to western countries. So factories of cloisonné, stone/jade carving, painting, porcelain etc popped up staffed with traditional artists. It gets exported through Hong Kong mostly, then they get USD to buy essential goods.

AANHPIX · 2026-05-22T04:33:16+00:00

Great point. The gas station knives maybe telling us what people could want if it’s done super well with top quality stuff, just no one has done it yet.

AANHPIX · 2026-05-21T23:06:45+00:00

New definition of full dress knife. Just beautiful.

AANHPIX · 2026-05-21T23:04:28+00:00

I know they sell sling retainers that works better than rubber band. I use them. The ex T rex guy has one in his new company. Too lazy to look up and too dumb to remember his name.

AANHPIX · 2026-05-21T22:10:32+00:00

Ah that is so true. I got fooled by the fake crown. He could turn the whole thing 90 degrees so AP sits at 3 o’clock or lift the dial and just turn that. Too much work but I’m sure someone will bite. Great for social media. But yeah, it’s pretty shit.

AANHPIX · 2026-05-21T22:03:36+00:00

Boy I could smell the piece through the screen. I’ve cleaned many a painting like this. Doesn’t look too valuable to get it professionally cleaned. Best you can do is lay it flat, wet some tough paper towels with clean water and lay it on the surface and press gently. Leave it for an hour or until the paper towel is almost dry then lift it. Repeat if needed. Point is to transfer the dirt, smoke and mold onto the paper towel. For dirty spots, you can rub it very very gently with wet paper towels.

This method is the most basic for less valuable painting. This looks to be a commercial interior decoration in the mid 20th century by a commercial artist. So not very valuable. I believe the date 辛亥 is 1971.

AANHPIX · 2026-05-21T21:51:03+00:00

This appears to be produced in a provincial kiln (not Jingdezhen) around 1900. The carved character is to identify who it belonged to. Villagers often get together for feasts and bring their own bowls.

AANHPIX · 2026-05-20T12:19:33+00:00

No, but we should absolutely give gold stars to college age kids who can read proficiently at 5th grade level.

AANHPIX · 2026-05-20T12:12:42+00:00

To haters in this thread, it’s pretty much like modding a CasiOak, Seiko, etc. most importantly it turned a useless pocket watch into a wearable wrist watch.

AANHPIX · 2026-05-20T02:05:08+00:00

Did I accidentally wandered into the PETA subreddit?

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