Once completed
he told me that if we were to let him sell our antiques at Sothebys, he
would not charge us!
Having obtained everything from Neil I then asked Bob Hall to do the same for the Chinese collection and he did
so and wrote an introduction for the Chinese part, without any charge. Lastly, I asked other dealers we knew if
they would like to participate by writing about our collection and I ended
up with some nice articles all provided free of charge.
My Father had published his collection of
Netsuke & Inro in book form and it was expensive in those days to publish
in colour. So, I knew my publication in a CD-ROM form would cost a lot less. My
motivation was that if ever we wanted to sell any of our collections, I
knew that any published items in auctions, always sold for far more than had they
not been published.
I am now so glad I did go ahead, because now
provenance has become so important. 'The Cohen Collection' CD did not sell
very well, but at least I did
do more than recover all the costs involved.
jncohen.net/Cohen-Collection
Building and Designing a Website
I
got to know a website design team within the 'Custard Factory' this was
a new development in Digbeth that quickly became a centre for creative
and digital designers. So, for a set fee they made my first
website, and I was able to control the look of it. The trouble was
that it was listed under 'The Custard Factory' name. I did not
know enough about it all at that time, so when they disappeared so did
my website!
I really needed to have an Internet presence for my studio and so I set
about building my own website.
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