Message #22843

[Joey Silver / Si Zhouyi 義周司]

Dear Pat,
   I must politely disagree. Steven put me onto a Zhang Guangzhong for sale at Eldred's, in April 2012. The estimate was very low, and they had dated the bottle to 1936, instead of 1996 as they should have. Those looking for Middle Period bottles dismissed it as modern; those looking for modern IPSBs, never looked at it. I got it for US$900 inclusive. Real value, at least 10 times that.
  What is "JJ"?

Tom,
   Your first one was superb, as was Inn Bok's bottle; and this one is a stunner as well! 
I also love Tea Crystal (prosaically described as 'Brown Quartz'). A-3 is a bottle by the Ye Family with seated Buddhas front and reverse, from the Martin Schoen collection ("Worlds").

Best,
 Shabbat Shalom,
   Joey

Tom

Hm... Sorry but I have to strongly disagree with you on the IPB statement.  There is little left that people don't know about with the age of the internet, and there is very little bargain left in IPB.  I recently saw a early Ye Zhong San (the real thing, yes, and dated 1905) in JJ (believe it or not), and the seller knew very well what it was worth.  He was Thai Chinese and obviously could read and research on English and Chinese priced it at 150,000 baht (say 4,500 USD for everyone here). When I asked him how he thought he would sell it at JJ market at that price, his simple reply was that there were plenty Chinese who would think it was a bargain, given how auctions were going, and referred to the Bloch auctions and that he was not in a hurry.