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Eye for detail: not all collectors are driven by money. Minh Quang meets a Hanoi man who collects ceramics out of a love for beauty.

Publication: Vietnam Investment Review
Publication Date: 14-MAR-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Eye for detail: not all collectors are driven by money. Minh Quang meets a Hanoi man who collects ceramics out of a love for beauty.(Obsessions)

Article Excerpt
Late every evening, when the streets of Hanoi have emptied, a vintage Vespa comes roaring down De La Thanh street, shattering the quiet of the sleeping city.

The driver parks his bike and climbs the stairs to a loft, where he sits down to a computer beneath the soft, flickering light of a single bulb.

Bui Duc is a painter and photojournalist, but his neighbours know him as an amateur antiquarian. Duc loves the past--or more specifically, he loves learning about the past through its artefacts.

Now, however, is when Duc takes time out of his busy schedule as a...

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