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Pewter Teapots

// August 17th, 2009 // Photography, Travel

Last year on a trip to China I picked these up from an antique market that was on next to my hotel in Qinhuangdao. I am sure are fakes and not antiques, but they still very cute. I bartered for them form this tiny old man with no teeth,  not speaking the language, when bartering you enter your price into your cell phone, and show him the screen, he then clears your price and responds with his counter-offer). The little toothless man was very hard on the price. In fact at first I thought they were so over-priced that I left, and later when I got back to the hotel was kicking myself for not getting them. I ended up going back and ended up paying about $30 each for three of them. I am still convinced I was totally ripped off, this was the week before the Olympics, and he showed a great toothy grin when I opened my walled and handed over my yuan.