Chinese dealers prowling Japan for treasures dating back to the Ming dynasty. TOKYO Feb. 25, 2011 — -- The booming Chinese economy has launched a global treasure hunt by Chinese antique ...

Since the late 19th Century, when Westerners began trading extensively with China, there have been established, wealthy collectors seeking Chinese antiques. But in the last 10 years, a group of ...

Last December, the New York Times published a three-part series about the Chinese mainland antique and art market. Fueled by demand from newly wealthy Chinese, prices in domestic fine art and antique ...

Items on display in an antique shop in Japan in 2006. Photo: CFP Chinese collectors visit an antique shop in Japan in 2006. Photo: CFP Considering the influence traditional Chinese culture has had on ...

Zhou DE ZHAO, an expert appraiser of Chinese antiquities, looked at the old scroll and what he saw astounded him. He had been called to San Francisco by a man whose father had died recently and left ...

PASADENA, Calif. (KABC) -- A family-owned store on Pasadena's Colorado Boulevard has the distinction of being the oldest continually operating Asian antique shops in the United States. "F Suie One Co.

Two rare Chinese antiques more than 300 years old and part of a family collection in East Sussex have been sold for a combined £135,500. The vase and wine pitcher were from the reign of the Kangxi ...

Fifteen Chinese antiques were stolen from The British Museum on 29 October, and this was the second robbery of Chinese antiques in world famous museum within the month. The Special Fund for Saving ...

An antiques collector who sold a Chinese bowl may have lost out on £150,000 after forgetting he had another that would have made a lucrative pair. Tony Evans and his family were thrilled when his ...

Items on display in an antique shop in Japan in 2006. Photo: CFP Chinese collectors visit an antique shop in Japan in 2006. Photo: CFP Considering the influence traditional Chinese culture has had on ...