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'The Cohen Collection' and
'In Search of Netsuke & Inro'
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Articles for new collectors
ARTICLES
Referring to Snuff bottles
Magical stone pictures
How to avoid mistakes buying snuff bottles & the use of flaws to
create pictures.
Sensations in glass
All about how to assess the different types of glass snuff
bottles.
Collecting & Bribery
The largest collection in China formed with bribes and tips on
what to look out for.
Heavy stones that really float! How
antique jade, quartz and other heavy stones really can float in
water.
Collecting only unique Chinese antiques Describes
various advantages in buying only the finest antiques.
Amazing pictures from flaws in
stones!
How natural inclusions were formed in to pictures on stone snuff
bottles.
Inside Painted Chinese Snuff Bottles
Describes what aspects of inside painted
snuff bottles intrigue the author most.
Referring to Japanese Lacquer and
Netsuke
Sprinkled Pictures
All about lacquer and how pictures were formed by sprinkling
rather than with a brush.
The fascination of inro & boxes
What inro are (how worn), about the artists and choice of subject
matter.
Netsuke,
ojime & inro really belong together
Why they belong together although often collected separately.
Keeping and handling Japanese inro
How to avoid the most common ways of damaging lacquer.
Netsuke cord holes (himotoshi)
About inspecting and recognising antique netsuke by the cord
holes.
Referring to
Asian Antiques
Chains Carved Out of a Single Piece
of Jade Rock - Jade Chain Vases
About the incredible skills in carving Chinese jade vases with
covers connected by a chain, where everything has been carved out
of just one stone!
Some of the Wealthiest Chinese are
Now Investing in 18th
Century Jade!
Jade prices have broken
records because of investors in 18th Century Jade.
Articles about collecting Asian antiques
Invaluable information by John N. Cohen.
Collecting and buying values
Describes how, why, and what to collect and how John related
values.
Buying antiques in auctions or from dealers
Guidance and tips on buying antiques from dealers, or in auction.
Finding the best bargains of all can be so surprising!
The most expensive antiques became the best bargains!
Asian antiques and the economic crisis
Why Asian antiques are still breaking records.
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