tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post3187118982046608243..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: "Serious collectors", "Recommended dealers"Paul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-58553580139933766972020-12-25T06:00:22.602-08:002020-12-25T06:00:22.602-08:00Or, actually, just keep away from buying antiquiti...Or, actually, just keep away from buying antiquities until the dealers have cleaned the trade up and are prepared to be transparent and accountable for every claim made. Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-63728517553386372452020-12-25T05:58:45.554-08:002020-12-25T05:58:45.554-08:00Pax Romana Antiquities, quietly changed their name...Pax Romana Antiquities, quietly changed their name for some reason from Parthenon Gallery... gone from a Gallery to an auction. <br /><br />Have a look FOR YOURSELF at their latest auction... I cant be bothered with the Chinese stuff, let's look at "western Asia". Well, the use of THAT euphemism at once should get us suspicious, what's meant are Mesopotamia and adjacent areas. So why not say so? Hmm? <br /><br />OK, I'm always drawn to the Tell Brak eye idols. And there's one... Lot 79: WESTERN ASIATIC, MARBLE EYE IDOL - RARE Estimate: £300 - £400. No additional paperwork mentioned. Odd, eh? Funny surface. „Provenance: From an old British collection of Asian Art formed in the 1990 (sic) on the UK and European art market”. So, how does that sit with the antiquities legislation of the region? and if it’s „rare” (which it is, because ones of this shape are rare among the ones grounded by coming from the legal excavations on this site) why is it so cheap? What does „reputable” mean?<br /><br />A bit further down, looky-here: Lot 81: INDUS VALLEY POTTERY FERTILITY IDOL FIGURE Estimate: £200 - £300. No additional paperwork mentioned. I like these too, this one is VERY cheap if real… "Excellent condition”, yes, sort of almost looks made yesterday-condition. „Provenance: Property of a North London professional; previously acquire (sic) on the UK/European art market in the 1970s”. So, again, what does the collector make of that, checking out the legislation of the source countries? It would seem to need paperwork to show it’s legit… where does the dealer mention that? And of course what's the alternative to a licit source for antiquities from precisely this area? Oh, but the previous owner was a „professional”, right? Yet its’s funny that if it's a thing on display in this professional’s collection in his North London home nobody bothered to clean the clingy dirt off, why? Hmmm..<br /><br />Lot 82: INDUS VALLEY POTTERY PAINTED BULL Estimate: £200 - £300. No additional paperwork mentioned. Oh, innit cute? Those appealing liquid eyes… Look what Bron Lipkin (Collector Antiquities) says about Indus valley bulls, then look at the back end of this one, and all the fakes on eBay (mostly sold by UK dealers, have any of those figures even been with 3000 km of Pakistan?) This one has an unusual – one might even say abnormal – hump, and although its collecting history is „Provenance: Property of a North London professional; previously acquire (sic) on the UK/European art market in the 1980s”, one wonders why this one not only has mud over most of the painted decoration (hiding something?) but the mud has been wiped on. <br /><br />– And so on. <br /><br />I’m puzzled where this „reputation” comes from. For a dealer that has pretensions to be counted among the high end dealers of the West End, I’d wonder why they did not try harder to employ somebody with better literacy skills, though I get the impression looking at one recent photo of the staff, bra-size was a more important criterion when hiring. As for the criteria for filling the stockroom, having impecable paperwork seems not to have been among them. The degree to which „looking like a real antiquity” was another criterion depends on what you think real antiquities should look like. <br /><br />Which is why they tell wannabe collectors to "buy the book before the antiquities", but NOT a book figuring stuff from the antiquities trade (where "The Lie Became Great") but a book that clearly indicates what genuine legally-excavated material looks like. Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-87359856891252545942020-12-25T05:14:02.402-08:002020-12-25T05:14:02.402-08:00Oh, I'm quite openly being sarcastic. you DO s...Oh, I'm quite openly being sarcastic. you DO see what this blog is about and who I am and what I am doing do you? Or did you not even look beyond what seemed to you to be a single "answers handed on a plate" post taken out of context? Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-82200494014077658322020-12-24T14:51:20.283-08:002020-12-24T14:51:20.283-08:00Thank you. I can’t tell if you’re being serious or...Thank you. I can’t tell if you’re being serious or sarcastic. No one is going to say they are fakes. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02711989716307630966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-30536324760664676412020-12-24T14:41:17.455-08:002020-12-24T14:41:17.455-08:00Ask them.
Ask them. <br />Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-55376396530511456822020-12-24T13:46:02.950-08:002020-12-24T13:46:02.950-08:00Is Pax Romana in London reputable? Is Pax Romana in London reputable? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02711989716307630966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-32068547284689124872016-08-14T08:59:26.656-07:002016-08-14T08:59:26.656-07:00http://howtobuyantiquesandcollectibles.blogspot.co...http://howtobuyantiquesandcollectibles.blogspot.com/2008/03/ancientartifacts-re-new-list-of-good.html<br /><br />New list of good dealers<br /> <br />In Ancientartifacts@yahoogroups.com, "Ernie Krumbein"<br /> wrote:<br />After several emails for changes to my listing yesterday I have a<br />new list of "good dealers" to forward to you.<br />><br />GOOD DEALERS<br />Aaron Gallery<br />Alexander Ancient Art Alexander Biesbroek<br />Amiguet's Ancient Art Gallery www.antiquesandart.net<br />Ancient Art Intn'l. (Guy Clark) www.ancient-art.com<br />Ancient Artifacts www.ancientartifax.com<br />Ancient Artifacts & Treasures http://vcoins.com/ancient/ancientartifacts<br />Ancient Coins and Antiquities www.trocadero.com/PBJI/<br />Ancient and Gothic<br />Ancient and Oriental www.antiquities.co.uk<br />Ancient Relics www.ancientrelics.co.uk<br />Ancient_treasures http://myworld.ebay.com/ancient_treasures<br />Andrew Hayler<br />Angloantiquities<br />Anthropos Gallery www.anthroposgallery.com<br />Antiquitydealer<br />Arte Primitivo www.arteprimitivo.com<br />Artexibalba www.artexibalba.com<br />Artemis www.artemisgallery.com<br />Artifact Man Ancient Coins (mike_n_laurie on eBay)<br />Aton-gallery<br />Harlan J. Berk www.harlanjberk.com<br />Alexander Biesbroek<br />Jacques Billen at Galerie Harmekki<br />Bimueller www.ostracon.ch<br />Bonhams<br />Brigantia Ltd.<br />Brondavid<br />Buyancient www.buyancient.com<br />Calgarycoin<br />Cameleoncoins<br />Charles Ede Ltd.<br />C.J. Martin<br />Coincraft<br />Collector Antiquities http://www.collector-antiquities.com<br />Dr. Bron <br />Coolcoins www.coolcoins.com<br />Delvechio www.trocadero.com/stores/galleriadelvecchio<br />Dic.caesar<br />Henk Dijhkstra www.artcollecting.com<br />Roswitha Eberwein www.antike-kunst-goettingen.de<br />Et tu Antiquities http://ettuantiquities.com<br />Explorer Ancient Art<br />Faustus Ancient Art & Jewelry<br />Fernandez Leventhal Gallery<br />Fragments of Time www.fragmentsoftime.com<br />Galerie Harmekki<br />Galleria Delvecchio www.trocadero.com/stores/galleriadelvecchio<br />Gaukler's Antiquities<br />Vincent Geerling www.archea.nl<br />Hail-Cesare http://myworld.ebay.com/hail-cesare<br />Heliosgallery www.trocadero.com/stores/wwwheliosgallery<br />Hixenbaugh Ancient Art (Hixantiquitatis on eBay)<br />Glenn Howard Ancient Art www.EgyptianAntiquities.com<br />Howard Nowes www.howardnowes.com<br />Janus Antiquities <br />Keith Lloyd http://homepage.ntlworld.com/keith.lloyd/<br />Kent Art & Antiques<br />Kent Bond Gallery<br />Kini Products http://www.kimghob.com/imports/home.php Kim Ghobrial<br />Lands Beyond<br />Lodge Antiquities<br />mdry<br />Maltergalleries www.maltergalleries.com<br />Medusa www.medussa-art.com<br />New Empire Antiquities http://myworld.ebay.com/hail-cesare<br />Nile Art<br />Nomisantiquities<br />Ostracon Gallery www.ostracon.ch<br />PBJI Ancient Coins and Antiquities<br />Pars Antiques<br />Parthenon Gallery<br />Passage to Antiquity (Passtoantiquity on eBay) www.passagetoantiquity.com<br />Gunter Puhze www.galeria-puhze.de<br />Relics of the Nile<br />Riyhahi Ancient Art<br />Romanrelics http://www.romanrelics.com<br />Romulus2 www.romulus2.com/henjack/<br />Royal Athena www.royalathena.com<br />Steve Rubinger www.antiquainc.com<br />Rupert Wace www.rupertwace.co.uk<br />Sands Of Time www.dcancientart.com<br />Sasson Ancient Art<br />Seaby Antiquities<br />Six Bid www.sixbid.com<br />Stormbroek http://myworld.ebay.com/stormbroek<br />Tetragon Harris's Arcade<br />Timeless History http://myworld.ebay.com/timelesshistory on<br />eBay<br />Time Machine Co. www.timemachineco.com<br />Tuppennyblue http://stores.ebay.com/tuppennyblue<br />Vcoins (many dealers) www.vcoins.com<br />Wallis Gallery www.trocadero.com/buyancient/catalog/html<br />Windsor Antiquities www.windsorantiquities.com<br />World Artifacts www.trocadero.com/worldartifacts<br />Zeus_gallery<br />Mieke Zilverberg www.artonline.nl/zilverbert/<br /> <br />Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-73179513244193165322016-08-14T08:09:51.219-07:002016-08-14T08:09:51.219-07:00 What about arte-mission. Owner Anton Located in E... What about arte-mission. Owner Anton Located in England?<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17607980250408759357noreply@blogger.com