tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post3382673357580422878..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Changing Trends in the Antiquities Market or Idle Chitchat?Paul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-22531539682756763572013-07-24T12:28:57.506-07:002013-07-24T12:28:57.506-07:00yeah, but I suspect Damien did not really read the...yeah, but I suspect Damien did not really read the post very carefully before commenting.<br /><br />Yes, I have said all along that the Chinese have a far greater right than you lot as collectors of Chinese antiquities, especially when to get them to you lot the stuff is smuggled. Then you have no "rights" to it at all. <br /><br />Of course the role of source country buyers is well known in the UK - though there collectors tend to be C2s and Ds rather than "middle class". There's nothing "middle class" about Bazza Thugwit and his pals. <br /><br />What about in the US, are metal detectorists, pot diggers, twitchers and arrowhead gatherers "middle class" Mr Tompa? <br /><br />Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-21194146441162613082013-07-24T10:52:15.813-07:002013-07-24T10:52:15.813-07:00Damien Huffer raises a good point. The middle cla...Damien Huffer raises a good point. The middle classes in source countries themselves are a major source of demand for antiquities. China and Italy are prime cases, but presumably the same is true in places like Cambodia, Thailand and Viet Nam. I'm not sure what's wrong with that conceptually; it helps preserve objects and encourages learning about one's own culture.Cultural Property Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05924359202414555962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-23189250338498743652013-07-24T00:35:33.996-07:002013-07-24T00:35:33.996-07:00The role of rising middle classes in source countr...The role of rising middle classes in source countries themselves as a new source of "demand" for their own and other nation's/culture's antiquities is also very unexplored, under-investigated. It is a major research interest of mine/my USyd colleague re Southeast Asia.Damien Hufferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01808464886332759165noreply@blogger.com