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For many years now I've been sharing my collection and information on the net. At one point I removed my email link entirely from the site, and only recently added it back since I do enjoy some contact and comments, most of which surprisingly comes from China. In looking at the link popularity to see how many sites either reference, or link to my site, I am happy to see that among those that do, several Universities and Museums are on the list. I've never paid for ranking nor traded links with other sites to increase popularity. Regardless of this, I am pleased to see that my ranking with most of the major search engines in the Chinese Porcelain category usually falls within the top ten of the many sites found. This means the popularity is natural (honestly earned), not bought or traded. I've started getting overloaded again with people looking either to buy a specific piece, or for me to appraise what they have. Lately I've been getting emails that say, for example [Quote] "Tell me about the images attached." This was accompanied with a huge zip file of about 20 or 30 images. I get several of these per month, and I see they are often mailed out to multiple recipients. So now, in a last attempt to keep communications open and hopefully to a minimum, I'll add just a little info regarding this topic. If this fails, I'll have to remove my email link completely. First off, no single piece is for sale. My collection is a family. I've declined all offers to sell one, or even several of my pieces. I suppose that eventually I would consider selling the entire collection, but that would be hopefully to China, which is where the pieces belong. As to pricing, I'm sure many of the requests I've had are more in the nature of curiosity as the requester may have a similar piece.
The Sung dynasty vase alone in my Coming Attractions
section is valued between 30k to 50k, and the Shang dynasty bronze vessel
about the same, if not more. But when it comes to the Ming and Qing pieces,
I can't put a price on a single piece. Just to satisfy curiosity though,
a conservative estimate for my entire collection (not to include the Chenghua
chicken cup) would be in the mid to high 6 figure range, something above
500 thousand USD. This alone should eliminate much of the email that I receive.
So, in a last attempt to keep communications open, please do not send images and zip files as they will be immediately deleted and the sender blocked. Keep in mind I am retired and no longer do appraisals. Please just enjoy the images and info I offer on the page. I have just removed the clickable email link on my site, replacing it with the non-clickable gif image shown below. This is to discourage the spammers and spiders crawling the net, collecting email links. As mentioned earlier, I do enjoy comments from time to time and will respond if I can. But remember, if I see an attachment to an email such as an image or zip file, it will be quickly deleted. There are however two very good sites that will allow you to ask questions and upload images. They are free and user friendly. There are knowledgeable members, as well as moderators, willing to offer free opinions and advice. Here are the links. .
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Thank you, JP
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