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Decorate their homes and started to look around for himself, scoring, then reselling art and antiques. wow. it became something of an obsession. now his artifacts from morocco and all across northern africa are bought by collectors from all over the world. carpets, antiques, wood carvings, jewelry and old doors. wow, these are incredibly beautiful. tell me about that. abdelmajid: amber, coral, shells. these used to be currency, these shells. anthony: how old is this? abdelmajid: this is, uh, early 20s, late 19th. the amber is millions of years old. anthony: how much are you selling this piece for? abdelmajid: this is priced by, by weight. anthony: by weight? abdelmajid: it s quite a heavy piece, this one. 429 grams. so it comes like, uh, 42,000 dirhams. anthony: so that s how much in dollars? abdelmajid: like, uh, like almost $5,000, $4,500. anthony: about $5,000. abdelmajid: yeah. almost. anthony: shall we look at ....

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