This is Mumbai's famous Thieves
Market where bargain-hungry tourists rummage for Ming vases and Muranos
at throwaway prices. The main avenue is Motton Street, flanked by rows
of little antique shops that look like musty attics and sell just about
anything from old ship parts, grandfather clocks and gramophones, to crystal
chandeliers and old English tea sets. Others offer authentic Victorian
furniture, wonderful for browsers, antiquarians and restorers. Although
bargains are sometimes staggering, most of the shop owners are pretty
street smart, and could easily take a self - styled aesthete for a ride,
so brush up on your art before you go.
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