Prakrit manuscripts on Indian ebay

John Huntington huntington.2 at OSU.EDU
Tue May 3 16:05:54 UTC 2005


Dominik et al

As an art historian, I advise against crying. The look way too good
to be genuinely old. I suspect that they are simply over priced
reproductions. In additions the asking price is also indicative that
they are copies. Internationally, real pages go for several thousand
dollars.

John


>One doesn't know whether to laugh or cry.  Cry, probably.
>
>Illustrations from Kalpasutra MSS are now being auctioned on the new
>Indian Ebay.
>
>   http://search.ebay.in/manuscript_W0QQfromZR40QQsojsZ1
>
>
>At least they are only available for delivery within India.
>
>Dominik





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