Antique Yixing Caddy w/Puerh, Round II

[Tead Off]

Here's another caddy at auction. Bidding starts at US$12,000. Any takers?

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[glenbo]

So cool! Maybe if we all pitched in $100.

[kyarazen]

no thank you ~

but maybe someone else might want it

[Drax]

That's a very interesting way to turn a strip of material into a seal, though.

[Evan Draper]

I will buy it

...if there's $14,000 inside it

[Drax]

I will buy it

...if there's $14,000 inside it

There might be....! Vendors usually sell samples at a greater cost per gram than the whole cake/package. All you have to do is re-sell the tea inside per gram.

[futurebird]

How big is this one?

[Tead Off]

The dimensions of the caddy are: H: 4 3/8 in (11.2 cm) D: 5 1/2 in (14 cm)

[futurebird]

They broke the seal on one.

[kyarazen]

couple of months ago someone in taiwan wrote an online article on these things.. forgot where the article is already...

[futurebird]

what site was it on?

[kyarazen]

There might be....! Vendors usually sell samples at a greater cost per gram than the whole cake/package. All you have to do is re-sell the tea inside per gram.

if only the tea inside was easy to sell!
containers of these type/style with teas can be bought off taobao

[futurebird]

I've seen a few.

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Ceramic- ... 19008.html

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Pu-er-te ... 88306.html

[Cwyn]

Was gonna say, I can reproduce that "aged" container look myself with no problem. Glad to see somebody posted where to get the container.

[futurebird]

Found this on ebay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/400847316710?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT