Page 84 - Chinese SIlver By Adrien Von Ferscht

There is nothing unusual in any of this other
than the fact these tureens were offered at
auction by an American auction house,
catalogued as being early 20th century Chinese
Export Silver and were sold as such. The
auction house even declared their weight as
being 777gm; a fact that is totally irrelevant to
any Paktong item.

The inability of most Western auction houses to
understand that simply because an item that
looks like silver and carries a Chinese mark
doesn’t automatically mean it is Chinese is
worrying. It is also confusing and misleading for
clients