[Buddha-l] curious

[JKirkpatrick]

On Nov 23, 2009, at 9:41 AM, Erik Hoogcarspel wrote:

> In China many temples have been closed, so it's not surprising
that 
> there are a lot of statues for sale. The ones on the photograph
don't 
> look very old or precious. In such marketplaces the amounts of
Mao 
> souvenirs and paintings of members of the emperial family are
usually 
> much higher.

Probably even Mao memorabilia fetches less on the open market
than Michael Jackon relics. It stands to reason. Mao was not
nearly so good a dancer. That notwithstanding, I still prefer the
Little Red Book to Thriller. I guess my taste shows which
generation I belong to.

Richard
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Seems I recently heard on radio that there was a huge auction of
M Jackson materia memorabilis (did I get that one right? probably
not) somewhere in or near China and things were going for
outrageous bids?

JK