By Elizabeth Lowell
The various world's such a lot invaluable artifacts are being smuggled into the U.S. a world main issue is ready to blow up until a determined capture to trap a thief succeeds. One lady is the foremost.
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Her hair was a golden river. Her voice dreamed in shades of silver. " Catlin's eyes narrowed as he looked at the Chinese who stood and stared through a two-way mirror into the hidden past. Living in Asia had taught Catlin that Chinese men were not noted for their tender view of women, despite a persistent strain of eros and romance in Chinese poetry. Yet in Yi's voice there was both remembered desire and something else, something deeper and more enduring. If translated into ideographs, Yi's description would have been ambiguous, capable of referring to both the spirit and the flesh.
Stone turned to Yi. " Chen Yi nodded. " With a wolfish smile, Stone gestured toward the door. "Are you familiar with two-way mirrors, Mr. " "The room we'll use is soundproofed. " "And the appraiser? " asked Yi. "She. " With a quick breath Yi took the last of his cigarette down to a burning stub, which he threw into a sand-filled ashtray. " Only Catlin noticed the slight jerk of Yi's hand when he heard Lindsay Danner's name. 3 Catlin took in the room with a single, sweeping glance. The area was small, soundproofed, well ventilated and dimly lighted.
Didn't Mr. " Lindsay shook her head, making light run like threads of molten gold through her hair. "The first bronze is a ritual vessel, a three-legged caldron used for serving meat and cereals. " "Yes. There's no particular artistry in it, however. It's simply a bronze vessel made for the grave of a man of middling importance who died three thousand years ago. " O'Donnel shrugged. "Not me. My boss might. " "Most collectors care more about patina than about the intrinsic artistry of the vessel itself," explained Lindsay.