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Article: Trade in antique amulets soaring, NATION
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- The Nation (Thailand)
- Article date:
- December 8, 2003
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The Nation (Thailand)
12-08-2003
Collectors of antique Buddhist amulets pushed profits at related businesses
to almost Bt10 billion this year, a 40-per-cent rise since the gloomy post-1997
economic crisis.
The Kasikorn Research Centre estimates that the trade will grow 10 to
20 per cent a year on average.
The "boom-or-bust" antique-amulet trade has always been closely
aligned with the state of the country's overall economy and was dealt a
severe blow in 1997.
Prices nosedived 40 to 50 per cent, although those of the most sought-
after Phra Krueang pieces, such as the "Benjapakee" or "Grand Five", dropped
by only 10 to 20 per cent.
The number of amulet shops also fell markedly, some established
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