Today, September 28, 2008 marks the sixth year since www.jeanniebottlereview.com went online with one page and around 32 bottles. When the full site opened with reviews and shrines and a bit of this and that there were four featured artists as there are today but not all the same ones. As time has passed and my collection has grown nearly six fold a few newer, or at least newer to me, artists came along and garnered a top spot. No artist recently has produced anything close to the quality and artistry of the now featured artists. To be sure, a few artists like Callo and Dennis Wolfe are amazing and deserve more recognition for their achievements.

The backdrop of the Jeannie Bottle Review opening was a bleak picture as far as Jeannie Bottle information goes. There were few photos of the original prop bottles used in the series or the reunion movies, the photos of replica bottles were likewise few and relatively small. Some artists used the same photos repeatedly rather than taking photos of each bottle they had for sale. Still others produced photos that made their work look far better than it did in person. The Jeannie Bottle Review website has a two-fold purpose to educate people on things to look for when purchasing or commissioning a Jeannie bottle and to honor those artists whose work is surpassingly great. 

 

Over the years nearly a quarter of a million people have visited the Jeannie Bottle Review, whether to admire the photos or to prepare for buying their first to twentieth bottle. Many of these visitors have written with questions or observations, most have written back after making their purchase to share their experience with an artist and their work. To launch the Jeannie Bottle Review I ran a drawing that garnered a veritable ton of entries.

The Jeannie Bottle Review has not been without controversy or its detractors in the last couple of years...

...it is actually surprising the kind of animosity that has arisen from people like Brian and Mario. Afterall they both started their own review sites to offer their "unbiased" opinions about their own work, wink, wink and blink. Of course they think that I am biased in favor of Michelle, Shannon, Dan and Mary and in fact I am! After buying bottles from nearly every artist that has replicated Jeannie's bottle, these artists are the best. It's just my opinion and I am entitled to that opinion and it carries the weight of one collector's opinion to another. I think my opinion is valuable because of my own sense of Jeannie's bottle, the comparative advantage of all the bottles I have collected and unlike myjeanniebottle.com and jeanniereview.com the www.jeanniebottlereview.com has only intended to educate and celebrate not mislead and obfuscate. Last year I didn't name names but in keeping with my 2008 resolution there you have it!

For my part you cannot go wrong with a Jeannie bottle purchased from Michelle at www.dreamyjeanniebottles.com or Shannon at www.thebottlegenie.com or Dan Moyer. The fidelity of their work and the quality of their bottles are like beacons for fans on a quest for magic. Once that drive for the perfect replica bottle is satisfied don't forget Mary at www.moosaics.com with her own very unique and brilliant artistry for the Jeannie bottle collector who has it all and wants a little something more!

So here's to the last six years of the Jeannie Bottle Review and I look forward to what the coming years may have in store for all things I Dream of Jeannie and Jeannie's bottle in particular!