John N. Cohen A past director of Jacey Cinemas Ltd. Later the proprietor of a design & photographic studio, now a director of Jacey Homes Ltd., a property development company. Interests and Hobbies: A top international award winning photographer who also became a well known Asian antiques collector and an enthusiast of Jensen British classic cars. Other interests are skiing and Salsa dancing.
Spare Wheels Are So Inconveniently Stored In Modern Cars! Having been a keen British classic car enthusiast for many years (particularly fond of the Jensen classic cars of the early sixties) I only recently purchased a very advanced luxurious modern car. My new car is packed with what amounts to amazing technology. But even with such expensive modern... Similar Editorial : Spare the Rod by Daniel Eggertsen. | Source : Bennett Auto Parts
Collecting Chinese Snuff Bottles - Sensations In Glass! The first bottles we decided to buy that were not carved out of stone were made of glass. A huge range of glass bottles is to be found in all shapes and colors as well as a variety of manufacturing techniques. Much more research is needed in order to date these bottles, but it is generally now agreed that glass and metal bottles were the earliest materials to be used. The problem is that glass has...... Similar Editorial : Chinese Shar Pei by Melissa Coleman. | Source : Antiques Collectible
Fine Antique Specialization As rather specialised Asian antique collectors, over a very long period, we have managed to help form collections of really fine Japanese netsuke, inro, lacquer boxes, Chinese snuff bottles, pendants, jade and hard stone carvings. One advantage of collecting in such specialised fields is that most people will not have any idea of what these things are. We believe that on the odd rare...... Similar Editorial : Stamping A Fine Impression by Mike Sorensen. | Source : Antiques Collectible
Collecting Only Unique Chinese Antiques – The What, How And Why. Firstly, we had decided that we would only collect antiques that we considered to be beautiful, secondly, the craftsmanship had to be outstanding and thirdly we preferred to collect really unique treasures! By unique, we mean hand crafted, rather than mass-produced antiques such as rare postage stamps. We also were inclined to prefer the small Asian antiques that could easily be safely...... Similar Editorial : Collecting Unique Musical Instruments by Dr. Ron Mccluskey. | Source : Antiques Collectible
