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Antique Questions Forum / Re: vases

« on: September 16, 2011, 08:22:24 am »

Hey everyone,

Thanks again for all the replies. Bad news unfortunately.  We sent the photos to a major auction house. They directed the photos to 2 greek etruschian experts who enhanced and reviewed the photos and both agree that they are "Grand tour" souvenirs made in the late 19th early 20th century (replicas of the suggested greek pieces many mentioned) and they are of no value. The auction house has no interest in them. 

Thanks again for all the replies.   

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: vases

« on: September 13, 2011, 07:42:20 pm »

Hi everyone, thanks for the welcomes and the replies! I will post pics of the bottoms of these pieces tomorrow and some more pics of the other pieces. Thanks again. I will also tell my father about the museum suggestion as opposed to the antique dealer.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: vases

« on: September 13, 2011, 06:26:25 pm »

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Antique Questions Forum / vases

« on: September 13, 2011, 06:25:23 pm »

Hello everyone.  I read the "read before you post guide" before posting this and am going to do the best I can to provide you with as much detail as I can.

My grandmother has recently passed and my father is selling the house and furniture.  My grandparents were from Italy and settled in the United States in the 1940s.  The attached vases were given to my grandfather as a gift about 70 years ago.  I have done many google searches but cannot find any detail on these pieces.  It is possible they are from Italy but I really am not sure.  My father is having several of them looked at by an antique dealer to get an estimate of worth but I figured this forum would be a good place to hear opinions. 

I apologize for not being able to provide any more info. Any help on the value of these pieces would be very much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.