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After a recent bout in the hospital I was thinking: “We spend a good portion of our lives studying, enjoying and collecting. When we are no longer here then who in our families will appreciate or understand many of the items we have collected. I try to document many of the better items in my collection and have discussed the porcelain, landscape scrolls and Tang horses with my son, but will they know of our love for the beauties we have accumulated?
Something to think about.
George
It is George, and I do, not just Chinese things either. There is so much more than simple financial value bound up with certain things we own, that may never be fully appreciated even by members of our families who see how we feel about them. I simply hope that the things I treasure will find new owners to love them like I did and indeed like those who owned them before me.
Do you have a favourite item?
An interesting topic, dear George. As I have no heirs I plan to auction it all off when I’m old. From the money I’ll buy a single really expensive piece that I take with me to the retirement home. Like Julia I see myself as one in a long row of owners. And even in the worst case, if the house clearance people put the items on Ebay they will find another owner who might treasure them.
Birgit
My favorites are several Japanese landscape scrolls painting great mountains and waterfalls in Chinese style. Some have dates locations and artist signatures. One of these has a clear Meiji Year 8 (1875) date.
George
Dear George -
An interesting question and one that all collectors, in any medium/field, eventually have to face …
Personally, I know some who have gifted/donated objects to museums/institutes with caveat's that such can be used as handling pieces to learn from/teach present/future generations whilst others, as Birgit intends, have auctioned most/all of before the years advance to far …
It is very rare, although not unknown, for direct sons/daughters ext to have same/similar interests in collecting - the Rockefeller's, Walters, Butler and Winkworth’s are exceptions rather then the rule …
As Julia implies, we are all just brief custodians of are pieces and can only hope that, in time, others enjoy them as much as we have …
Beautiful monochrome landscapes, by the way …
Stuart
@lotusblack are you also planning to be mummified?
@johnshoe 😆 😆 😆
@lotusblack in 1,000 years it will be excavated as the Tomb of Brian Crowe - better throw in some gold chariots and a nice sarcophagus mask while you're at it
@gfhandel George, first of all happy to see you well enough to be posting! You post a really interesting topic. I think one of the benefits of even at least documenting is that it will show, wherever it ends up, your true love of collecting and what you have lived with. Gives a personal voice to the collection and allows you to share its story in your own words.
Justin
"We brought nothing into this world and it is certain we can carry nothing out." Order of the Burial of the Dead, Book of Common Prayer. Those that have tried have often been disturbed in their rest by grave robbers and archaeologists (often the only difference is that one has a degree). I feel an obligation to certain family pieces, as for the rest, I think like Birgit that I would enjoy dispencing the best, which in my case would for the most part, be part of my book collection, which I am certain that my heirs will have little desire or use. I once had an author tell me that if she signed my ARC, "it will be worth a thousand dollars." She signed it, but she may have been speaking hyperbole, but she can be forgiven as she was/is a Texas author and we are given to hyperbole by right and it was the eighties. Sharon
@lotusblack good idea. But if you decide to use one that's mark and period then I'm digging you up.
@lotusblack Same here but no vase. We'll have a Missouri Red Granite tombstone in the family cemetery, to match the other recent family stones color scheme, but I've told my husband if I go first scatter my ashes in the woods adjacent to the cemetery. If there is a good old fashioned Missouri storm, I may get to travel again.
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