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Juggling a Number of Hats
My Life's Experiences and Business Ventures by John Neville Cohen

Also about the special friends we have made over the years and the ways I managed to make a living.  


JUGGLING A NUMBER OF HATS



Juggling a Number of Hats, My Life's Experiences and Business Ventures


Contents and Index


About My 21st Birthday and Ronnie Hendon


About Actuality-Photodigital and PhotoBackings 100


About Hotel Casa-Babel, Villalonga, Spain


About Creative Photography and My Brochure


The Plans for The Jewellery Quarter Development Scheme


About Our Friend Paris - Entrepreneur of The Year


Important and Very Rare-Antiques


Sun Tan Promotions


About Trudy Cohen Fehr


Our Home in Woodbourne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham


About Oliver Goldsmith Eyewear and My 'Eye Catching' Photograph


Juggling-a-Number-of-Hats-by-John-Neville-Cohen Download a PDF


 

Antique Netsuke, Inro, Snuff Bottles, Pendants & Jade

The Cohen collection

Reference

The Cohen collection is an easy to use CD-ROM with 645 colour photographs.

A reference publication of antique netsuke, inro, snuff bottles, pendants & Chinese jades all fully described by world leading experts Neil K. Davey & Robert Hall.

 

Details  Provides a good idea of the contents. 



More information
  Specification and brief notes by the authors.



Some more photos  A few more pieces from 'The Cohen collection'.



Notes from the publisher  Provides an insight as to the advantages of this digital website.



Various quotations
  Comments from well know experts about this fine collection.



Returns policy
  Sets out what to do if there are any problems with an order.



Start up instructions CD-Rom start up instructions

 

Chains Carved Out of a Single Piece of Jade Rock - Chinese 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.

 

Asian antiques and the economic crisis  Why Asian antiques are still breaking records.



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!

 

 

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.

 

Published in 'EuroNetsuke' Edition 62, Autumn 2022  'Buying Antiques at Auction or from Dealers?' Page 53.



Asian Antiques

 

Snuff Bottles

 

Japanese Lacquer and Netsuke

Photography

 

Special Effects

 

Poetic Portfolio

 

Information

Commercial Photography

 

Stock Photos

 

Articles

Jacey Cinemas Ltd

 

Jensen

 

Stamp Album

 

Investments

Asian Antiques

 

Snuff Bottles

 

Japanese Lacquer and Netsuke

Photography

 

Special Effects

 

Poetic Portfolio

 

Information

Commercial Photography

 

Stock Photos

 

Articles

Jacey Cinemas Ltd

 

Jensen

 

Stamp Album

 

Investments

 

JOSEPH COHEN & JACEY CINEMAS LTD

 

Joseph Cohen & Jacey Cinemas Ltd The History   Information on our family business created by my Grandfather Joseph Cohen.



https://www.jncohen.net/JaceyGroup/ExtraNotes.htm   Additional notes by John Neville Cohen.



https://www.jncohen.net/JaceyGroup/JaceyCinemasLtd.htm   Detailed history of each individual cinema.



British Pathe News that featured Jacey Cinemas Ltd   1950 Broadcasts by Pathe News that feature Jacey Cinemas Ltd.



https://goo.gl/photos/iovNGY1GptTR6K8t9 About 300 images from our scrapbook of newspaper cuttings and photographs.



https://www.jacey-cinemas.net/   Joseph Cohen and the History of Jacey Cinemas about 300 images. 



https://www.jncohen.net/JaceyGroup/KennethRive.htm   About Kenneth Rive (our close friend) who introduced the best of continental films to the UK.

 

 

 

CLASSIC BRITISH JENSEN CARS - 541S & CV8

 

Classic Jensen cars
Lots of information, photos and an article on Jensen British classic cars of the early 1960's particularly the Jensen 541S and CV8



The Jensen article by John N. Cohen
  All about values & the 541S and CV8 classic cars.



The Jensen article page 2
  Classic car awards, Jensen as pioneers & ease of maintenance.



The Jensen article page 3
  All about the luxurious & special features of these cars.



The Jensen article page 4
  The sexy looks and rarity of the manual drive 541S.



The Jensen information page 1
  Includes the following four items: -



Jensen new cars



The private Jensen car collection



History of our CV8



CV8 Road tests



The Jensen information page 2  Includes the following three items: -



541S production details



Books on Jensen



'1 JON registration number



Press and Magazines  Published Feature Articles about Trudy and John's Jensens



Jensen Links Page



What do we drive now?  Since emigrating, having sold all our cars, now have an Audi A6 allroad.

 

 

Asian Antiques

 

Snuff Bottles

 

Japanese Lacquer and Netsuke

Photography

 

Special Effects

 

Poetic Portfolio

 

Information

Commercial Photography

 

Stock Photos

 

Articles

Jacey Cinemas Ltd

 

Jensen

 

Stamp Album

 

Investments

 

A VERY ORIGINAL POSTAGE STAMP ALBUM

 

An illustrated postage stamp collecting album with beautiful watercolour paintings by
Richard Hillman.  The concept and design by Betty and George Cohen for stamps from all over the world.



Postage Stamps For Little People to see all the pages and paintings for a unique way of collecting stamps.



The Planning & Paintings for The Album Shows the first sketches and paintings and an amusing letter.

 

 


INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

 

https://www.jncohen.net/invest/La_Alcazaba.htm  Outstanding 3 bedroom apartment for sale at La Alcazaba, Puerto Banus, Marbella, Spain



Investment Opportunities  Opportunities and property.



Property development opportunity in central Birmingham UK



Our last property development

 

 

Asian Antiques

 

Snuff Bottles

 

Japanese Lacquer and Netsuke

Photography

 

Special Effects

 

Poetic Portfolio

 

Information

Commercial Photography

 

Stock Photos

 

Articles

Jacey Cinemas Ltd

 

Jensen

 

Stamp Album

 

Investments

 

INFORMATION

 

History of Joseph Cohen and Our Family Business. 



Jacey Cinemas Ltd The History
Information About Our Cinemas.

 

Marilyn Monroe, Sir Michael Balcon, Arthur Miller, Cecil Day-Lewis, Daniel Day- Lewis
The not so distant relatives of the Bind side of our family.

 

Links to other webs from this site generally 

 

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DIRECT QUICK LINKS 

Juggling a Number of Hats
My Life's Experiences and Business Ventures by John Neville Cohen

www.artist-john-cohen.net  
To John Neville Cohen's dedicated site for Painting with Light Limited Edition (only 8 of each picture), fine art prints for sale.

Articles for New Collectors  

(Author John Neville Cohen)
 Invaluable help for collectors of Asian antiques. How to buy and avoid the most common mistakes, when buying antiques, particularly netsuke, inro, snuff bottles and jade.

The Cohen Collection  
Asian antiques (645 colour photos of fine Japanese and Chinese antique; netsuke, inro, ojime, snuff bottles, pendants & jade carvings) all fully described by renowned experts Neil K. Davey + Robert Hall. An essential reference work for the serious collector that is beautiful and very easy to use.

Joseph Cohen & The History of Jacey Cinemas Ltd 
Information on our family business created by my Grandfather Joseph Cohen.

British Classic Jensen Cars  
(Author John Neville Cohen) Very informative about the rare Jensen 541S & CV8 sports cars, particularly about the little known superb Jensen 541S manual drive, a classic car with lots of photos.

Copyright Free or Royalty Free Stock Photographs  
These are exceptional value 18MB photographs that will not date!

A 'Special Effects' Course  
(Author John Neville Cohen)
 Amazing to see what can be done in pure  photography without any expensive equipment, computer, or darkroom.  All is achieved with a projector - the magical 'Magic Lantern'.  All details of this extraordinary technique is clearly explained and all for free!

Poetic Portfolio  
Fascinating photographic exhibition of 'The Magic Lantern' award winning 'special effect' photographs by John Neville Cohen.

La Alcazaba Apartment in Puerto Banus For Sale 
Outstanding 3 double bedroom apartment, all on one level, for sale at La Alcazaba, Puerto Banus, Marbella, Spain.


Investment Opportunities  
Opportunities, Property items for Sale.

Commercial Photography  
Professional photography and graphic design by Actuality photodigital.

Postage Stamps For Little People  
See all the pages and paintings for a unique way of collecting stamps.

The Planning & Paintings for The Album  
Shows the first sketches and paintings and an amusing letter.

Marilyn Monroe, Sir Michael Balcon, Arthur Miller, Cecil Day-Lewis & Daniel Day- Lewis 
The not so distant famous relatives of the Bind side of John's family.

My Blog
John Neville Cohen's blog


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