The reputed auctioneers in Bangalore (Pacheco or some similar spelling was one, in Langford Town) downed shutters in the early 90's.I wonder if the famous Chennai auctioneers, Murray and Co, are still working or have closed too? What wonderful stuff used to pass through their portals! Raghavan (who, I think, owned Murray's) was extremely knowledgeable, and I used to say that one sweep of his bespectacled eyes across my apartment was equal to valuing the artefacts to a T! I used to go on Saturdays in those days when the Chettiar houses were being dismantled, just to see and sometimes touch the unaffordable wonders that were going on an unknown journey. I did get some good stuff by sheer good luck too; an Avalokiteswara sits, to this day, in my home.
I used to find very knowledgeable people in the antiques field in the Central Street/Russell Market area, but that, too, is many moons ago, and it had already started dwindling to only old furniture. Since becoming an antique myself, I have lost touch completely with this fascinating part of life. How is the fake-manufacturing trade doing? That had begun thriving by the time I moved on....those antiques made in Gujrat and Rajasthan.... Thank you for the quick peep into the past! On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 6:21 PM Suresh Ramasubramanian <[email protected]> wrote: > If there is a reputable auctioneer in bangalore your best bet is to > auction this collection through them > > Are there any books? > > On 11/04/20, 6:11 PM, "silklist on behalf of Pooja Sastry" > <[email protected] on behalf of > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Pooja > > > > If you have a working cassette and CD player, please let me know. > > > > Thanks > > Lakshmi > > > > Hi Lakshmi, sorry this comes late, but we do have working cassette > and CD > players, will be happy to show you. > > I’ve had a very good experience with the antique dealer Ramachandra his > > number is +91 96866 71615, he has a store (more of godown really) off > > Commercial Street. > > > > Also, in case you find any fountain pens or stationary in there, > I’ll be > > happy to pay you for them as I collect fountain pens. > > > > If you are fine with it, me and my wife would be happy to come over > (we > > are quarantining ourselves until the 31st) and look at those wooden > boxes > > as she loves them as well. > > > > — > > Thank you, > > Bharath > > > > I'm sorry for the late response, Bharath! Thanks so much for this lead, > will follow this up after the lockdown. We do have fountain pens, and > you > and your wife are welcome to come over to look at them and the wooden > boxes, except it looks like it will have to be after April now. > > Hope you are all safe and well, everyone. Enjoying the thread on > behaviour > change post-Coronavirus and thinking about how there's probably no > "normal > we can go back to" now. > > Pooja > > > >
