The sad part for them and for us, is that we may never find out who they really are/were. And THAT is the fault of the collectors who dont share AND the fault of the artists who dont profile properly or disclose all the pen names they use.
I believe that we may well have some success down the road.
Couple of things we know so far.. Just connecting some dots...
There are three most popular eBay sellers that offer these pen named bottles.
The one and only IP bottle seller that takes the extra effort and time to include the artists name within the descriptions is dfc_greatlander from eBay. This is the seller I am getting the information/images being posted in the other board. Although the Knowing Eye and Cavalierstore will provide them if I send them a message. Can not really keep sending message after message asking about who the artists are though.
The later two ( KE, and Cav ) are connected to and purchase from the Antique And Art Company..
Also...
Someone along the line is keeping track.. !
What I mean by that is the eBay listings are in almost perfect order. Specific IP artists bottles are not posted randomly throughout their store listings. When you look down the list of bottles within their stores, the bottles are posted in order by artist. Maybe these are being delivered to them "in order" and pre-labeled with the artists name (pen name).. Or this seller is in direct contact with the artists.
Some day here shortly, I am going to drop dfc a request asking them to help us with any direct information they must have about these pen names. Seems like if this information was included within in the pen name listings, that it would increase the value of their bottles.. In the end, seems like it would benefit both the seller and the artists.
I mentioned earlier that I can not find the link that pretty sure someone posted for the Antique And Art Company. I could not find it via Google. I would like to have a peek at that site. So if someone knows the link.., please post it
Ok.. I am done rambling..
