Hello finally got off my duff and went to my first Antique Auction, they say this is where the real knowledge is, Well have learned a thing or two. I have a couple of question about some items I Acquired. First I did what I read to do sort of, went early and inspected the things I may be intrested in.
Say these two Pitchers labeled as Staffordshire and Mason jugs mid-victorian, Figured these were a bit out of my range and ignored them. Come time for the hammer to fall the price was cheap, well basically got them both for $50.00. Am I good or what
, until I went to pick them up, one has a major crack and the other minor, So much for being good
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1st. I have found out the red one is called Red Willow made by Mason, appears to be the age, It does have a small repair on the item, but overall it is good. I need to find a fair friend value for this piece, cause a good friend really wants it. What I am looking for is a price to not loss money and yet get most of the value off it, backed off a little for a friend.
2nd the really cracked one, they called Staffordshire, I look for marking and all I can find is 2 slashes, how did the auction house determine this?
and of course Title and value of this broken piece would be nice too.
I did get a couple more items so all in all It was a wonderful experience and will go every month now, just to see how many broken antiques I can get for cheap