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Title: Got these oriental items .. not sure what they are ? Help!
Post by: ANTIQUERAIDERS on March 17, 2012, 11:13:45 AM

Hey everyone a client dropped off a whole lot of stuff and I am just not sure how to appraise them or price them. Please help?

Title: Re: Got these oriental items .. not sure what they are ? Help!
Post by: ANTIQUERAIDERS on March 17, 2012, 11:43:42 AM

more pics

Title: Re: Got these oriental items .. not sure what they are ? Help!
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on March 17, 2012, 12:07:41 PM

You've got some neat wood blocks for printing! You put ink on the surface of the characters, print it onto a piece of paper and then I can ask the people I know who speak Japanese and Chinese what it says.

Title: Re: Got these oriental items .. not sure what they are ? Help!
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on March 17, 2012, 12:15:32 PM

I should add that it may also be Korean. I have a friend who speaks that as well. I would not expect a word-for-word translation, since I would be asking for a favor, but we could get the general idea about it. Here's an example of how a woodblock print looks on paper: (http://www.jnorman.com/hss/images/items//39844.jpg) I'm looking for some info on what the blocks sell for...

Title: Re: Got these oriental items .. not sure what they are ? Help!
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on March 17, 2012, 12:23:05 PM

Here is someone's blog who made a wood block print image and spent an entire year working on it.
http://woodblock.com/scroll/frame_index.php?file=progress/05_06 (http://woodblock.com/scroll/frame_index.php?file=progress/05_06)

Here is a lot of six very similar wooden Chinese printing blocks. The auction estimate is $390 - $780 USD.
http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=4865740 (http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=4865740)
That should give you a good idea of the value without having to print and translate.

Title: Re: Got these oriental items .. not sure what they are ? Help!
Post by: ANTIQUERAIDERS on March 17, 2012, 12:36:39 PM

thanks for the info... guess 20 bucks for each is a great price... now to only find out which language they are?

Title: Re: Got these oriental items .. not sure what they are ? Help!
Post by: mart on March 17, 2012, 12:52:59 PM

For anyone that speaks the language should be able to tell the dialect/region from the print block I would think !! There are several dialects spoken there !!

Title: Re: Got these oriental items .. not sure what they are ? Help!
Post by: KC on March 17, 2012, 01:37:07 PM

Will send it to my Korean friend...

Title: Re: Got these oriental items .. not sure what they are ? Help!
Post by: KC on March 17, 2012, 11:18:44 PM

Just got a reply...this is Chinese...and it is a printing block!  Friend says in large cities are great decorator items!!!

Title: Re: Got these oriental items .. not sure what they are ? Help!
Post by: ANTIQUERAIDERS on March 18, 2012, 09:06:13 AM

Can you tell me the cost?

Title: Re: Got these oriental items .. not sure what they are ? Help!
Post by: KC on March 18, 2012, 09:26:53 AM

Is it wood?  What material?

Title: Re: Got these oriental items .. not sure what they are ? Help!
Post by: ANTIQUERAIDERS on March 18, 2012, 11:44:08 AM

All wood...