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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mansons2005, post: 185091, member: 121&quot;]AF</p><p><br /></p><p>I completely agree, but with two caveats.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, that sometimes when selling you may need certain information to target a certain audience, and second, that on occasion the only way to verify/reinforce the actual age of an item is to verify the time period that the craftsman/manufacturer was producing.</p><p><br /></p><p>I personally acquire or hold items for their intrinsic value, seldom for their monetary value. “Names” per se do not impress me, but the quality or fineness of design associated with a “name” may be a reason to consider acquiring a “named” piece. For example, I purchased a full set of Baccarat stemware – NOT because it was Baccarat, but because it had the form and quality that I was seeking at that time. I used to buy bespoke suits from Brooks Brothers or Savile Row because they had the tailoring I preferred and because they lasted for decades without being obviously out of fashion. And usually “at the reading of the will” I can manage to purloin the pieces I like from a dead relative, and let the other, probably more marketable stuff go to those with more pedestrian tastes.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, I know that there are some who collect based on name – the actual item, its quality and/or age are unimportant, as long as it has The Name, they want it. But to cater to these narrow tastes (and to hook them in so I get my $$$) I have to advertise on the internet, since I no longer have a shop. And the only way to attract a bull to pasture is with bullshlt, so they can prove their “superiority” over the previous bull&#039;s shlt. I would much rather sell to those who see it and appreciate it, but that is not a timely on-line marketing strategy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: I do not use the term Bullshlt in the common use meaning a lot of non-credible lies. I mean it as enforcing the appeal of an item with true terms and information that probably should be irrelevant, but is not to the perspective mark, er buyer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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