Carl Crow’s Most Excellent 1918 Yard Sale

In 1918 Carl Crow, already an experienced China Hand having pitched up in Shanghai in 1911, decided to head back to Shanghai after a few years away in Japan and California….Having, as expats did and do, acquired rather a lot of Chinese nick-nacks and furniture he decided to sell it off before departing and starting again. Not a bad haul for three and a bit years in Shanghai – 250 pieces of brocades, robes, embroideries, porcelain, lacquers, bronzes, carvings, tapestries, rugs, linens, mirrors, lamps, screens, pillows etc…