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| Collectors, as a breed, tend not to be flamboyant. Therefore, it is difficult to map what is moving in the market, since noisy collectors are often not serious ones, or are in any case a small minority among a very large community. |
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| Nor are collectors as eclectic as the trade often presumes. Many may buy eclectically, but at least some of it is meant for trade, or investment. |
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| More recently, there has been a more-than-usual stirring of interest in marble statuary. |
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| This has been a neglected area in India, since the Indian eye has been schooled in the Asian form, and is largely unappreciative of Western statues. |
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There has also been a snob value attached to the collecting of figurines
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