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Holy moly! Mar 13, 2021 17:07:02 GMT -5 via mobile Pat, rockjunquie, and 1 more like this

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Post by stephan on Mar 13, 2021 17:07:02 GMT -5

Anyone have a spare $185k lying around?
www.ebay.com/itm/Massive-Approx-2-000-lbs-Chinese-Heavily-Carved-Jade-Dragon-Ship/352481970215?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=352481970215&targetid=1068323855470&device=m&mktype=pla&googleloc=1014226&campaignid=11612432385&mkgroupid=121656016028&rlsatarget=pla-1068323855470&abcId=9300456&merchantid=263833226&gclid=CjwKCAiA4rGCBhAQEiwAelVti7gqojP43RUKxEEUZ3h8KbAIELTtX-SHA9t9Bp8eNKT_loQA0LFwbhoC8XkQAvD_BwE&pageci=ddb3d020-2bcc-4fe9-9531-b7792d66deac

Free local pick-up.
My guess is if you can blow that kind of money on a carving, you’re not gonna sweat the shipping, and let the pros handle it.

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Tommy Administrator Member since January 2013 Posts: 12,957	Holy moly! Mar 13, 2021 17:10:06 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tommy on Mar 13, 2021 17:10:06 GMT -5 wow!... holy crap AND holy moly! Wonder how you move something like that...
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rockjunquie Global Moderator Member since March 2012 Posts: 34,922	Holy moly! Mar 13, 2021 18:09:24 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockjunquie on Mar 13, 2021 18:09:24 GMT -5 Mar 13, 2021 17:10:06 GMT -5 Tommy said: wow!... holy crap AND holy moly! Wonder how you move something like that... Yeah, without breaking it. That's a lot of packing peanuts!

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Post by stephan on Mar 13, 2021 18:40:33 GMT -5

Mar 13, 2021 18:09:24 GMT -5 rockjunquie said:

Mar 13, 2021 17:10:06 GMT -5 Tommy said:

wow!... holy crap AND holy moly!

Wonder how you move something like that...

Yeah, without breaking it. That's a lot of packing peanuts!

No kidding. Jade probably gives you more room for error than, say glass, but it still looks pretty delicate.

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jasoninsd can identify rocks - even green ones I Wish I Knew Half The Stuff I Thought I Knew 30 Years Ago! Member since July 2020 Posts: 18,392	Holy moly! Mar 13, 2021 20:16:07 GMT -5 Tommy and stephan like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jasoninsd on Mar 13, 2021 20:16:07 GMT -5 There's only one way to properly get this home!
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Holy moly! Mar 13, 2021 20:54:24 GMT -5 jasoninsd likes this

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Post by Brian on Mar 13, 2021 20:54:24 GMT -5

I just have to wonder how many man hours went into making that. When you think of the time and the value of the material, the price doesn't really seem outrageous. (See the $500k meteor sphere for comparison... although at only a few inches diameter, you do save a lot on shipping with that one.)

quartzilla Cave Dweller Member since April 2020 Posts: 1,240	Holy moly! Mar 13, 2021 23:09:32 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by quartzilla on Mar 13, 2021 23:09:32 GMT -5 It’s amazing. But it kinda looks like if you look at it cross-eyed it will break. I can’t imagine how anyone could move it.

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Holy moly! Mar 13, 2021 23:48:12 GMT -5 Brian likes this

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Post by stephan on Mar 13, 2021 23:48:12 GMT -5

Mar 13, 2021 20:54:24 GMT -5 Brian said:

I just have to wonder how many man hours went into making that. When you think of the time and the value of the material, the price doesn't really seem outrageous. (See the $500k meteor sphere for comparison... although at only a few inches diameter, you do save a lot on shipping with that one.)

It comes with an original assessment of >$800k, which seems like a more fair wage. Especially if you also consider that the original piece of jade must have weighed 2 or 3 tons.

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rmf fully equipped rock polisher Member since November 2017 Posts: 1,881	Holy moly! Mar 14, 2021 12:16:06 GMT -5 hummingbirdstones likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rmf on Mar 14, 2021 12:16:06 GMT -5 All that money but it won't float. I'd rather have a XRF hand held for 1/12 the money.

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Holy moly! Mar 16, 2021 17:56:21 GMT -5

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Post by USMC15 on Mar 16, 2021 17:56:21 GMT -5

Mar 13, 2021 17:07:02 GMT -5 stephan said:

Anyone have a spare $185k lying around?
www.ebay.com/itm/Massive-Approx-2-000-lbs-Chinese-Heavily-Carved-Jade-Dragon-Ship/352481970215?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=352481970215&targetid=1068323855470&device=m&mktype=pla&googleloc=1014226&campaignid=11612432385&mkgroupid=121656016028&rlsatarget=pla-1068323855470&abcId=9300456&merchantid=263833226&gclid=CjwKCAiA4rGCBhAQEiwAelVti7gqojP43RUKxEEUZ3h8KbAIELTtX-SHA9t9Bp8eNKT_loQA0LFwbhoC8XkQAvD_BwE&pageci=ddb3d020-2bcc-4fe9-9531-b7792d66deac

Free local pick-up.
My guess is if you can blow that kind of money on a carving, you’re not gonna sweat the shipping, and let the pros handle it.

Maybe this is more affordable.

www.ebay.com/itm/Exquisite-Chinese-100-Natural-Jade-Hand-Carved-Dragon-Incense-statue-Dragon-Ship-/233748935974?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292

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Holy moly! Mar 16, 2021 21:30:00 GMT -5

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Post by stephan on Mar 16, 2021 21:30:00 GMT -5

Mar 16, 2021 17:56:21 GMT -5 USMC15 said:

Mar 13, 2021 17:07:02 GMT -5 stephan said:

Anyone have a spare $185k lying around?
www.ebay.com/itm/Massive-Approx-2-000-lbs-Chinese-Heavily-Carved-Jade-Dragon-Ship/352481970215?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=352481970215&targetid=1068323855470&device=m&mktype=pla&googleloc=1014226&campaignid=11612432385&mkgroupid=121656016028&rlsatarget=pla-1068323855470&abcId=9300456&merchantid=263833226&gclid=CjwKCAiA4rGCBhAQEiwAelVti7gqojP43RUKxEEUZ3h8KbAIELTtX-SHA9t9Bp8eNKT_loQA0LFwbhoC8XkQAvD_BwE&pageci=ddb3d020-2bcc-4fe9-9531-b7792d66deac

Free local pick-up.
My guess is if you can blow that kind of money on a carving, you’re not gonna sweat the shipping, and let the pros handle it.

Maybe this is more affordable.

www.ebay.com/itm/Exquisite-Chinese-100-Natural-Jade-Hand-Carved-Dragon-Incense-statue-Dragon-Ship-/233748935974?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292

So affordable that it may not be jade. Not at all uncommon for it to be counterfeited. So common, in fact, I’ve never bought jade online. Very nice carving, though.

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"Conversation should be more like ping-pong, and less like archery.” — Alan Alda
"The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.” — Neil DeGrasse Tyson