Phra Leela 25 Buddha Sattawas, 2500, Wat Suthat (Amulet 376)

Thai market price for ref. for a good condition Phra Leela. Tons of fake floating in the market.

Robert Tsao: From the outset, you must only buy works that are genuine. Some people say that buying fakes is all part of the learning experience, but this kind of approach is wrong. Right from the start, collectors must not take in fakes because ‘like attracts like’. Once you start buying fakes, you are bound to continue in the same vein. It’s like wandering off the straight and narrow in one’s youth — it becomes impossible to disentangle oneself.

 

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