COLLECTOR’S CHOICE: MY CHANCHU – TAASA Review September 2021

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This article was originally found in the September 2021 edition of TAASA Review (Volume 30, Issue 3, Page 25).

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Jocelyn Chey O mong souvenirs I brought back from Beijing in the 1980s is a well-worn ivory toggle in the shape of a three-legged toad.

The antique market was opening up at this time, although it consisted mainly of streetside peddlers rather than authorised retail stores.

Resident foreigners were catching the collecting bug. ...