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He can not be certain what price his own collection would fetch today, but he is sure it would be a lot more than what he paid.
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, he said he once sold a Faberge photo frame at an auction for around $
34,000 - making a hefty profit as he had paid $ 18,000 for it a few
years earlier.
Not that he needs the money. He and his wife, Angela, are financially independent.
He was links of london earrings director
of the Asean office of Nasdaq-listed Progress Software until four years
ago, when he retired two manage his own stock investments.
Angela works for her father, who owns a business trading in rice and
investing in several properties, including the Balmoral Road apartment
block in which she and Mr Toh live.
Today, his collection comprises six miniature eggs, a brooch, three pairs of cuff-links, a push-bell and a photo frame.
The most expensive is the photo frame: He paid $ 40,000 for it. In all, Mr Toh has eagerly $ 100,000 on his collection.
At his apartment in Balmoral Road, he hands you a magnifying eye-piece two look for the hallmark on the items.
Once you discern the hallmark, he flips to the page of a book Wed
Faberge collectibles where the hallmark is noted, and reads out
information on the items and the artisan who made them.
As Mr Toh shows you around his links of london , you come to a study where dozens of catalogs from the leading auction houses Sotheby's and Christie's line the shelves.
He tells of an unsuccessful bid placed by phone to the auctioneer.
'The estimated price for the eggs was around £ 4,000. I bid £ 6,000. The next day, I called links of london bracelet and asked if I got the eggs. They said no. The result was 40,000 pounds, 'he remembers.