iancnx Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I have started to collect amulets, well Rians (coins) to be more specific. I am not in this for profit, the way I would explain it is a little like stamp collecting for those who thinks I am a nut in an area where fakes are common place. Eventually I intend to catalogue my collection on line with photos and English information about each Rian. I wondered if there were any other like minded collectors in TVF. The average cost of each Rian I hold is 50 baht, though I would (and have) spend several thousand on something of particular interest/significance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpuumike Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 If you can read Thai it could be worth following this guy on Facebook สมาคม พระเครื่องฯไทย ระดับโลก - Deva's Amulet Thai Society. Unfortunately I don't and find it frustrating trying to get info in English as I am really interested in all aspects of amulets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camerata Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 There are plenty of websites and blogs dedicated to Thai amulets and in English, usually run by Singaporeans. amuletforums.com is one, waynedhamma.blogspot.com/ is another. Just do a search on a rare amulet and see what comes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iancnx Posted October 19, 2014 Author Share Posted October 19, 2014 There are plenty of websites and blogs dedicated to Thai amulets and in English, usually run by Singaporeans. amuletforums.com is one, waynedhamma.blogspot.com/ is another. Just do a search on a rare amulet and see what comes up. Yes, I am aware of those, and did join both, but they are pretty much commercially driven and you rarely get a response to novice questions unless there is a possibility of a sale of one of their own. Likewise there are some Thai websites in English run by foreign experts, some run from outside of the country, others fronted up by a spouse, or perhaps Thai partnerships. They are ok for basic information on a liitl of the history and I sense they protect their information as it.can easily be copied for commercial gain. Of course it is illegal to export amulets from Thailand unless you have a licence. One or two such companies claim to have such licences. The answer is to learn Thai and Pali, and if I am serious in my quest I need to extract digit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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