Can someone advise me is there any society/association/university where Thai amulets can be checked for authentication and value in Chiangmai or Bangkok...thanks.

mmm... how do you authenticate whether a piece has been blessed or not?!!

you really need to start by reading the Thai magazines on amulets. If you can't do that, then get somebody who can.

there are also amulet competitions! These try to get amulets 'authenticated' by judges. Cheaper than going to auction but its a matte of opinion.

This seems to be a very Thai thing, so there isn't a big international market. I have always avoided amulets in favour of statues as the sellers seem to know less about them However, I do know westerners who have bought very valuable things but it is only after numerous rounds of auctions tha their 'real' price is established.

sorry if this doesn't help much but just google for some 'authentication' services. I know one in BKK but they deal in statues.

rych

mmm... how do you authenticate whether a piece has been blessed or not?!!

Yeah, or taken up in an airplane by the Thai airforce - to give it more power

By 'authentication' I meant ...the year the amulet was made, name of the WAT involved, the number of aumulets produced, is it one of the rare one or a common which can be found everywhere, or maybe a fake copy . No I am not trying to authenticate whether it is super blessed...or capable in avoiding flying bullets....