Message #1068

[Pat - 查尚杰]

Just commenting on Peter and George's posts.  We all have different ways and preferences, styles to collect.  I found myself to be a 'hoarder' because I established my collection from different places and for the past 16 years have been moving in-between Asia and Europe, and at one time actually lived and worked in 3 places at the same time (yes I am crazy TOO).  This is NOT necessarily my chosen option, and so it affected my collecting style.

However, I love to 'trade' or 'swap', up or down, and at one point my point of departure will be that ANY part or piece of my IP collection will be up for sale (not in a traditional sense) or trade in some sense, if someone likes my bottle(s) more than I do and thus gives it greater 'value' than I do, either in monetary terms or 1 for 1 or 1 for multiple trade/swap.

Similarly, I think I will also 'clean' house or 'collection' to make room for other, more expensive, rarer, more beautiful, etc. pieces.

This is not to contradict anything that was said earlier, but to add to it, and to highlight the differences in collecting philosophy.

Some buy to collect, own and keep
Others buy to invest and trade/sell
Some actually have a 'number' items limit
Others have a specific niche, either all or majority

I keep finding myself going in between all 4 options, but have centered on older first/any category and newer/landscape type bottles.

And frankly, IF I dont trade/sell down or up, I am the kind of guy to wind up with a few thousand bottles one day.  Not a reasonable option, considering fragility and space requirements (although for snuff bottles this is one of the easiest arts/craft forms to collect and still have many items...)