Antique Chinese Ink Press Board
18 June 2018
Description

This piece measures 17" long x 8" Tall x 1" thick, is in great shape, no breaks or missing pieces.

Provenance

This tablet was purchased from a Baldwin family estate sale 25+ years back.The Baldwin family is very well known in Maui, they arrived on island in the mid 1800's and practically started all agricultural from there on out. This piece has been in a private collection since the estate sale and is now open to the market.

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For sale
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Answered within 2 days
By Klaus
Jun 20, 16:39 UTC
Fair Market Value
$80 - $150 USD
Insurance Value $0 USD
What does this mean?

Thank you for submitting your item for appraisal. This appears to be a chinese hand carved book printing block. Those are quite common, as it was the standard printing technique until the late 19th century. Printing blocks are being offered and sold at auction. The estimate is based on similar sold recently.
There is no measurement for the sentimental value you might attach to it.

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