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Subject:Re: ANTIQUE CHINESE ITEMS
Posted By: Bill H Thu, Mar 13, 2014
I learned a long time ago never to flatter myself by thinking that other forum participants ignore me because they don't like me, because I never got by on my good looks anyway. Most people, myself included, don't see any reason to reply to a post in the absence of any first-hand information to contribute. If the post is seeking a complicated translation, I'm inclined to pass up anything that would require a significant input of original research to support a response. This includes poetry and other inscriptions, which need an enormous knowledge of literary reference to make sense of. My maid don't do windows, and I don't do poetry.
My advice for the present is don't take it so personally, and in your future posts why not start off telling everyone else how much you already know from your own research. Then triage your expectations. If you just need a date and an artist's name, which will give you a leg up on Google and other search engines, you're apt to get an answer quicker than if you throw out a long inscription that nobody has time to do. Many of us have day jobs to attend to and would rather be making money for ourselves that somebody else, in case you are a dealer.
Finally, if you can't support your post with decent photography, forget it. To tell you something about your treasures, others have to be able to see the fine details. And for me and many others, being able to learn something from an exchange here is the only reward for offering an informative response. This forum is not exactly a free service, though lots of posters seem to think otherwise.
Best regards,
Bill H.
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