All About Antique Boxes And Collectables – A Personal Review
By Glen B. Porter
In every true sense, an antique is said to be any item (may not
be essentially artistic in nature) that is over a century year
old. People collect all kinds of antiques, but undoubtedly among
the most fascinating are antique boxes. For sure, I don’t expect
you to share my view as all antiques are personal favorites. But
I personally feel that antique boxes signify the spirit of the
antique that we all find so fascinating.
In my opinion, antique boxes spell treasure. In my earlier
days, I spent a lot of time reading stories of treasure chests
and pirates like Robinson Crusoe, Swiss family Robinsons,
Treasure Island and the like.
In a number of these stories, one would read about these
antique boxes that were filled with the promise of treasure even
though there was no true treasure. But ever since, antique boxes
have held a remarkable fascination for me.
I was truly surprised when I stopped at my regular bookshop and
discovered that he had quite a number of antique boxes displayed
prominently at the counter. What’s more he had gone a step
further to
pack these antique boxes with books to reinforce the treasure
that lay in books and reading, however I was simply consumed by
the sight, smell and look of those antique boxes.
Almost immediately I rushed in to ask him where he had procured
them. Though to me, he was more than an acquaintance and was
aware about my fascination with antique boxes. Even then, he
pretended ignorance for a while before breaking down helplessly
in laughter. As he sat there with tears of mirth flowing down
his eyes, I could not but help wonder anxiously about the
antique boxes and how he had managed to get his hands on them.
He did however tell me the truth, as soon as he calmed down
sufficiently. Well, it seems that there were quite a number of
people like me around the world who also found ancient antique
boxes (with or without any treasure) fascinating. As a result
one proactive Chinese company had decided to capitalize on this
attraction by making near real replicas of antique boxes.
Despite the fact I was initially disappointed, a closer look led
me to believe that if the boxes I saw were replicas of antique
boxes, then they were sure damn good replicas. In spite of the
reasonable price tag though unlike the real thing, I decided
instantly to get a couple of them for myself. Today, I too am a
proud owner of a couple of antique boxes.
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