Comments on: The Collector’s Minute: The Laughing Buddha Figure http://www.worthpoint.com/article/collectors-minute-laughing-buddha-figure Get the Most from Your Antiques & Collectibles Tue, 21 May 2013 11:22:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Mike Wilcox http://www.worthpoint.com/article/collectors-minute-laughing-buddha-figure/comment-page-1#comment-4952 Mike Wilcox Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:36:20 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2486440#comment-4952 To Carolyn: Some items are really not good candidates for the online appraisal format and require a physical examination by a specialist appraiser to determine the origin and period made. Value is also determined by other factors, such as the item's size, quality of carving and current condition, all of which are difficult to determine from images. To Carolyn: Some items are really not good candidates for the online appraisal format and require a physical examination by a specialist appraiser to determine the origin and period made.
Value is also determined by other factors, such as the item’s size, quality of carving and current condition, all of which
are difficult to determine from images.

]]> By: Mike Wilcox http://www.worthpoint.com/article/collectors-minute-laughing-buddha-figure/comment-page-1#comment-4951 Mike Wilcox Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:31:10 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2486440#comment-4951 It was meant to be "wandering", but I suppose in the case of a Buddhist monk both would apply ;~) "Things are not what they appear to be: nor are they otherwise" Surangama Sutra It was meant to be “wandering”, but I suppose in the case of a Buddhist monk both would apply ;~)

“Things are not what they appear to be: nor are they otherwise”

Surangama Sutra

]]> By: Gregory Watkins http://www.worthpoint.com/article/collectors-minute-laughing-buddha-figure/comment-page-1#comment-4947 Gregory Watkins Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:33:08 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2486440#comment-4947 After checking with Mike, he says he meant "wandering" with an "a" as opposed to "wondering" with an "o". Meandering vs. considering. I would like to say it was a literary fastball, only to be caught by the most clever of readers, but, alas, it was an editing mistake and it has now been corrected. For those of you who are wondering exactly what we're discussing, here is the sentence as it originally appeared: "This Buddha is based on a wondering Chinese Chan monk who lived in the time of the Liang Dynasty (502-557), but he has become incorporated into Buddhist, Taoist and Shinto culture." After checking with Mike, he says he meant “wandering” with an “a” as opposed to “wondering” with an “o”. Meandering vs. considering.

I would like to say it was a literary fastball, only to be caught by the most clever of readers, but, alas, it was an editing mistake and it has now been corrected.

For those of you who are wondering exactly what we’re discussing, here is the sentence as it originally appeared:

“This Buddha is based on a wondering Chinese Chan monk who lived in the time of the Liang Dynasty (502-557), but he has become incorporated into Buddhist, Taoist and Shinto culture.”

]]> By: Justthisguy2 http://www.worthpoint.com/article/collectors-minute-laughing-buddha-figure/comment-page-1#comment-4945 Justthisguy2 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:08:43 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2486440#comment-4945 A wOndering buddha, indeed. I expect you meant wAndering, but I do believe your spelling is correct in the first place. The journey isn't necessarily done on the road. How wonderful. Was it a mistake or did Freud tell you about it? A wOndering buddha, indeed. I expect you meant wAndering, but I do believe your spelling is correct in the first place. The journey isn’t necessarily done on the road. How wonderful. Was it a mistake or did Freud tell you about it?

]]> By: carolyn http://www.worthpoint.com/article/collectors-minute-laughing-buddha-figure/comment-page-1#comment-4944 carolyn Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:44:19 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2486440#comment-4944 I have a largish laughing buddha very similar to this porcelain one, but it is made from grey/green Jade. it has been in my family for many years, firstly given to my Grandmother. I first contacted worthpoint over a year ago to try to get infor and rough price on this buddha but nobody gave me a value. I couldnt find and similar buddhas on the internet until now with this one. Does anyone have any idea of the value of a Jade buddha like the one above????? I have a largish laughing buddha very similar to this porcelain one, but it is made from grey/green Jade. it has been in my family for many years, firstly given to my Grandmother. I first contacted worthpoint over a year ago to try to get infor and rough price on this buddha but nobody gave me a value. I couldnt find and similar buddhas on the internet until now with this one. Does anyone have any idea of the value of a Jade buddha like the one above?????

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