Post #610350 by atomictonytiki on Sun, Oct 16, 2011 12:13 AM

It's been ages since I found any good finds in Bangkok.

First up a unmarked unpainted Fu Man Chu, from the same stall that provides other unmarked generic tiki mugs I've found in Bangkok.

A two foot tall PNG mask that I discovered at secret flea market. Since this rather cool vintage market is virtually undiscovered by Farangs, prices quoted to foreigners are ludicrous ($115 for a Coco Joes) so I had a Thai friend do the haggling while I hid. The seller claimed he'd brought it back from Africa 20 years ago and wanted 3000 baht for it (but that 500 baht would go to the Temple so they could buy land for poor people) but my friend managed to haggle for 30 minutes, in which time a 9foot spear was added to the deal (which I managed to phone her to remove from the deal as I don't have room for it)and she finally got the mask and a paper weight of Mount Fuji for 2700 baht and that 1000 baht would go to the temple.

So perhaps I didn't get that much of a saving but the seller, my friend and myself did gain some merit in the eyes of Buddha, and I did avoid the whole Farang price fiasco where I would have been quoted a 10,000 baht price.