It was a jab at you know who. Hopefully the wrapper differences don't
come down to a blemish. You're right you can only open a wrapper once.
My favorite Antiques Road Show segments the China antiques which
ain't. My Chinatown Chen pu is #2 from Guess the Wrapper post. The
fonts match and it is cheap and not Chen. Sasha don't bother at all
except if you every have a yard sale on puer let me know. I know in
Chinese black is red except puerh where it is blue. I added the new
word Gansu to my puerh vocabulary. It means the finishing taste of
puer.

Jim

Michael Plant wrote:
> Space
4/12/05
>
>
> > No rush. It will look the same. The insert says to ignore all
wrapper
> > blemishes interpreted as special marks by flimflam artists to
demand
> > higher prices.
> >
> > Jim
>
>
>
> Jim,
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by "blemishes" here, but those
imperfections in
> the actual paper can be very telling. If there are little holes in
the paper
> made by insects, those holes near the center (where the paper is
bunched
> onto the cake) will go through several layers of paper. This is a
good way
> to know that the cake had not been unwrapped and rewrapped. That
begins to
> suggest some level of authenticity. Perhaps you meant something else
by
> blemishes though. Just thoughts.
>
> Michael