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Changes To The Forum / Private Category, and Boards Related To IP Bottles

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« on: November 03, 2011, 08:22:23 pm »

John,

Sorry  -  I forgot  that  you  did   indeed  send me  good  pics  and that was very  decent  of  you

Also  Walter  :  you  did likewise , for which many thanks  indeed 

I am  second  guessing   when  I say the     following  : I get the  feeling  you  are  at the  stage  in your  collecting where  you  have  a  couple  of   dozen  beautiful bottles  and  your  collection  has   stayed  at that  level  for the  past   couple  of  years,  just  as  I  was  in  2006 - 2008   ( and the  same  with collecting  matchboxes  in my infant  years) .  But then   suddenly the   collecting   bug  will  attack  you  and    a  couple  of   dozen  grows  to   a  couple  of  hundred   as  you  develop a  taste  for   certain  styles   and   artists  .  At least  that's what happened  with me !  Beware !

Everyone  :  please   don't   think I  begrudge  sharing  my  DB  with    very little   feedback  - in fact  just the  opposite.

I created  the  DB as a  way to   "spread the   word"  and   the more   copies that are  circulated  gratis the  better. When I  retire   and if  I ever have the   time,   and if  Bill  agrees, we  will  put the  whole  thing  on line  forever  on Bill's  website  in  a  secure   server  so it will  never be  lost 

But  having the   DB  on  line  vs    in one's  hard  disc  are  two  completely different  matters  until    roaming  download speeds increase .   Time and  time  again I'm in a  shop  or  talking with an  artist and  want to pull  up  a  pic  instantly  from my  lap top , which I can  easily  do   from my  DB .  But  not so easy  on-line  when a   3  MB  pic   takes  a  couple of  minutes  to  download, and one   wants to scan  a  dozen  such  pics  to  find the  right one

The   DB  is  currently  7  GB  (  it takes  my  super-fast   lap top  several  seconds  just to count the   files) and by the time  I  finish  it  will  be    15  -  20  GB  .  I  will issue the  next  major  update  in  late   2013

BTW  :   in the  course  of  my time  I have  put  out  many  feelers  / hooks.  Every  so often  one  catches a  big  fish   eg

a)  yesterday   I got an email   totally   out of the  blue from a painter   called  Zhang  Lei  ( CIPMA  260/261) .  I  met this guy  in 2010  at a dinner   with   Wang Guanyu in Heng Shui, but  did  not  realise that   WGY is  his  UNCLE !   He  is based  in SH and   holds  exhibitions   about  once  per  year   with  full  cataloge.  Next week  I am in SH  so  I will   surely find  time to  meet  him

b)  I  have  had  a  very  sporadic  correspondence   with  a   French  dealer  in  antique  IPBs  called  Laurence  Souksi. Suddenly  he    sends me an  email   just after   returning  from the   ICSBS   convention  in Palm  Beach  with a  load  of  useful  feedback and  network info  ( and he   may soon join the   Forum) 

This   Forum is  all   about  NETWORKING .  That's  why it's so great  , despite  some   teething problems.    Once one   starts to  network  : magic  things  happen - meeting  people  on-line  like Pat, Richy, Walter, John,  and of course  George

Our  company    has a  CRM  system  that is  so complicated   ( it  was designed  by GERMANS   for  GERMANS)  , not to  metion hideously  expensive  ( several  hundred  thousand  US$)   that  no-one  ever  uses  it   except  a  couple  of   Germans: in fact  we  all  hate  it.     If  only   we had  set   up  something as   simple as  George has   done  we  would  all network  far much more

Cheers   Peter



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