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France’s Best Collectibles: Glass, Ceramics, the Marché aux Puces

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Read on to learn everything about shopping in France’s famed marchés aux puces to the best French glass and ceramic brands to seek out. French ceramic dishware to seek out includes Quimper , Aplico, and Emile Henry. From Quimper to Sèvres Which vintage and antique ceramic collectibles should you seek out in France?

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Troika Pottery Buyer’s Guide: The Artistry of British Ceramics

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Even with this in mind, the pottery’s unique double egg cup ceramics, homeware and tiles became some of its greatest successes. The modernist movement, marrying abstraction and experimentalism, was certainly an influence on even the more traditionally-oriented ceramics makers. Sold for £1,400 GBP via Bearne’s (July 2006).

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American Folk Art: Celebrating the Creativity and Craftsmanship of Everyday Artisans 

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Elaborate cedar or maple carvings, for example, or ceramic vessels underscore the trend in the field to focus on media that allow the expertise of the maker’s hand to shine. Southern folk pottery emerged from a Southern melting point of ceramic production that included traditions from Europe, Africa, and indigenous America.

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American Folk Art: Celebrating the Creativity and Craftsmanship of Everyday Artisans 

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Elaborate cedar or maple carvings, for example, or ceramic vessels underscore the trend in the field to focus on media that allow the expertise of the maker’s hand to shine. Southern folk pottery emerged from a Southern melting point of ceramic production that included traditions from Europe, Africa, and indigenous America.

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Evaluating Your Collection

Penrose Appraisals

Matchbox cars, Star Wars figurines, flow blue ceramics, etc, etc. If it is intended as a functional object, does it comfortably do what it is supposed to? This is also true in many other areas of collecting, such as ceramics, glass, or silver. Condition. Or maybe you've been collecting for years. 18th century maps?

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A Client's Guide For How to Take Photographs of Art and Antiques to Send to An Appraiser

Artifactual History Appraisal

Age Maker Period/date Originality (Tiffany Favrile or Tiffany reproduction) Condition; extremely important, but hairline damage is hard to see, especially in photos Wear: on glass used often at table, you’ll see wear marks, which you should see if the piece is old and not a reproduction 4. PORCELAIN and CERAMICS: A. Provenance Paint?

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Household goods: Exclusive, iconic and designer pieces that should be valued

ValuePros Appraisal Services

Some of these items are also found in many American homes, whether because they continue to fulfill a function or because they have become a part of the family history, some of them are historical objects acquired with antique dealers, auction houses and even galleries, and some of them are by living contemporary designers.