John N Cohen
Previously a director of Jacey Cinemas Ltd., A proprietor of a design & photographic studio, also currently a director of Jacey Homes Ltd. property development
Interests and Hobbies:
An international award winning photographer who also became an Asian antiques collector and an enthusiast of Jensen British classic cars.
Homepage:
http://www.jncohen.net/homepage.htm
For those prefering pure photography, rather than digital manipulation, this is an exciting technique that anyone can do with very inexpensive equipment. The projector is all that is required (the magic lantern) is really magical.
Having owned a collection of Jensen 541S classic cars, winning a number awards and having been an enthusiastic member of The Jensen Owners Club for many years he now shares little known facts about the remarkable manual drive Jensen 541S.
Valuable and useful guidance for potential collectors of antique Chinese snuff bottles and all about the amazing use of natural flaws, found in stones, to create beautiful pictures on the surface of snuff bottles.
All about how beautiful Japanese lacquer, found in 18th & 19th century works of art where exquisite pictures were formed, surprisingly, by sprinkling techniques rather than being painted.
All about collecting and appreciating Japanese inro & boxes (from 18th - 19th century) written for potential collectors this article is packed with useful information about what I consider to be some of the finest treasures of the world!
About the amazing range of antique Chinese glass snuff bottles, detailing the different types. Surprisingly many glass bottles were carved from solid blocks of glass, just like bottles that were carved from stone! Valuable information for any snuff bottle potential collectors.
Owning just one or two superb pieces has always been worth very much more, than having twenty, or more, indifferent ones, but there are other, not so obvious advantages, such as the protection against burgulars.
The author after many years experience, in buying rather specialised antiques, has found to his surprise that the very best bargains turned out not to be the ones he bought as such. But maybe there is a useful lesson to learn here for fellow collectors.
About collecting unique antique Chinese snuff bottles, pendants and jade carvings. Explaining in what way these are so unique and why the author did not only collecting snuff bottles. Some useful thoughts for fellow collectors.
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