BS: Any collectors or dealers (antiques etc)

Subject: RE: BS: Any collectors or dealers( antiques etc)
From: BrendanB
Date: 24 Jun 12 - 09:44 AM

I have a pretty good collection of Doulton Lambeth 'new art' pottery. Many years ago I had a stall under the Westway ( the cheap end of Portobello Road) in the Saturday market which is where I started collecting Doulton. I was a rubbish dealer and nearly always spent more than I made. Often I would buy a piece to sell and then decide that I couldn't part with it. In the end my partner booted me off the stall, quite rightly, I do not have the right attitude to be a business person, but I still love the vases etc. that I bought then. No Barlows or Tinwiths but a pair by Frank Pope and lots of other beautiful stuff.

Subject: RE: BS: Any collectors or dealers( antiques etc)
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 24 Jun 12 - 01:12 PM

Just such a pity that Doulton in general has gone down in price.. as has most pottery and porcelain over the last fifteen years.... I particularly love the scraffito work of Hannah Barlow.. especially the vases with donkeys inscribed on them.. they still command a high price. A well I can wish I suppose

Subject: RE: BS: Any collectors or dealers( antiques etc)
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 24 Jun 12 - 05:44 PM

On NPR, once a week there is a show on which art and antiques are evaluated, a spin-off from the UK Antiques Roadshow that they used to carry.

I can get BBC Radio 1 on the net. I see that the long-running Antiques Roadshow is Friday, 00.55.

I will check around and see what else is available.

Subject: RE: BS: Any collectors or dealers( antiques etc)
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 24 Jun 12 - 05:56 PM

May be the wrong place, but I have some books on antiques and collectables for sale.
Large 2 vol. set on pottery and porcelain, makers and marks.
Vol. on blue and white pottery and porcelain from UK.
Not in front of me, but if there is any interest I will give full details.

Subject: RE: BS: Any collectors or dealers (antiques etc)
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 12 Jul 12 - 05:51 AM

I attended the 'Dickensons Real Deal' auction a while ago but my items didn't sell.... largely because they were inadequately described in the auction catalogue. It was the auctioneer himself who valued them on the day but he couldn't sell them because he or his staff made mistakes in the catalogue..... I guess it will be televised.. will let folk know when all three programmes are on..... and hopefully give a link.

Subject: RE: BS: Any collectors or dealers (antiques etc)
From: BrendanB
Date: 12 Jul 12 - 07:09 AM

Georgiansilver, regarding your comment about the fall in the prices paid for pottery and porcelain I would have agreed without reservation until recently when I attended a local auction in Northumberland. There were two small Doulton pieces there of the kind that I particularly like and I thought that I would get them at a reasonable price. In the end they were bought by a dealer who seemed to think that what seemed like high prices to me we're a bargain. Maybe I am just out of touch - on the other hand the lower prices work in my favour generally because I buy to keep not to re-sell and hopefully this incident was an abberation.

Subject: RE: BS: Any collectors or dealers (antiques etc)
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 12 Jul 12 - 02:12 PM

Prices for a group such as pottery & porcelain do seem to be down, but particular items may have a demand outside that category. I have also left offers above market with a dealer-picker for particular items (e. g., my daughter wanted a RD flame cat; I offered twice what I thought might be the market price).

Subject: RE: BS: Any collectors or dealers (antiques etc)
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Jul 12 - 03:38 PM

Hello
I was wandering if you were the same person talking a few years back about a song/poem called the last great charge?

Subject: RE: BS: Any collectors or dealers (antiques etc)
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 12 Jul 12 - 06:06 PM

Who are you asking, Guest? Have you searched the DT to see if it turns up?

This is one result if you select "forum" and search on "last great charge."

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Any collectors or dealers (antiques etc)
From: Charmion
Date: 13 Jul 12 - 08:50 AM

I adore Doulton, and I recently caught myself in the act of collecting Professionals plates -- despite the great oath I swore not to be a pack rat like my parents. I just love the colours and the Gilray-esque style of the 1950s designs -- the Mayor, the Squire, the Parson, the Doctor, the Admiral, the Hunting Man and even the Bookworm. (The pre-war Jester and Falconer designs do nothing for me; too romantic).

eBay is, of course, crack cocaine for china freaks. I consider it a very bad sign that I now have an eBay application on my iPad ... and use it.

Subject: RE: BS: Any collectors or dealers (antiques etc)
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 13 Jul 12 - 09:36 AM

For anyone with a good strong wide knowledge of antiques.. Ebay is a good hunting ground given that you have time to peruse the pages. My latest acquisition was a copper jardiniere with profusely inlaid dark blue and turquoise enamels... need to research it but it arrived looking like brass with black lacquer due to years of accumulated dirt and lack of cleaning. Obviously from the East but not sure where and a work of art!

Subject: RE: BS: Any collectors or dealers (antiques etc)
From: Beer
Date: 14 Jul 12 - 07:59 AM

Anyone know a good site where you can find artist and their work? This site is where I go to get an approximate value on old books.
Adrien

http://www.addall.com/Used.NoCookie/

Subject: RE: BS: Any collectors or dealers (antiques etc)
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 14 Jul 12 - 12:47 PM

Art prices (auction) are sold by several services. Serious collectors, dealers, etc., subscribe to one of these services, but the cost is a deterrent to the small collector or person interested in a limited range of material.

An alternative I use are art auction sales by Christie's and a few other sources which report sales on line. Example: Christie's, sale of 19th C. paintings, New York, 23 April 2012.
On 24 April, prints were offered in the New York sale.
www.christies.com; www.christies.com/results/index.aspx?month=4; see google for more.

Alternatively, enter artist's name in google and search for auctions, etc. I have been able to arrive at a reasonable value for a number of British 'minor' artists' works that I have. The information is scattered, but enough may be on line to help.
Remember, type of work is important; example, a small sketch by Gerald Cassidy may sell for under $10,000 but one of his Native American paintings can sell for close to $100,000 or more.

Subject: RE: BS: Any collectors or dealers (antiques etc)
From: Beer
Date: 14 Jul 12 - 01:43 PM

Thanks Q, much appreciated.
ad.

Subject: RE: BS: Any collectors or dealers (antiques etc)
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Jul 12 - 06:30 PM

Sorry, I left a message a couple days ago and was addressing it to Q. It was about a conversation he had years back about a poem/song titled either the great Last Charge or Battle of Fredericksburg. I recently purchased a civil war lot at an auction and pretty sure came across original copy. Trying to find out as much info on it as possible.
Thanks for any help.

Subject: RE: BS: Any collectors or dealers (antiques etc)
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 14 Jul 12 - 09:27 PM

"The Last Great Charge," I thought, was trad, a song from Atlantic Canada.
See http:///www.mun.ca/folklore/leach/songs/NFLD1/13A-07.htm

Guest, several songs, about Fredericksburg, etc., have a similar title (see Trad Ballad Index).
Please post the information from the copy you found in your Civil War lot- Publisher, composer, date, and other details- and I will try to check.

Subject: RE: BS: Any collectors or dealers (antiques etc)
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 15 Jul 12 - 12:37 PM

Guest, 14 Jul 2012-
Harper's Weekly, Feb. 7, 1863, found by Jim Dixon, "At Fredericksburg," LCM.
Noted in Trad Ballad Index under "Last Fierce Charge." This is currently taken as the origin.
(Meaning of LCM not given).

Subject: RE: BS: Any collectors or dealers (antiques etc)
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Jul 12 - 09:46 PM

The copy I got is titled battle of fredericksburg. It has no date or signature but it is just like the one in Harpers Weekley. I have a friend that deals in civil war items and says the paper and everything is correct with the time. My copy has where they marked words out and wrote above them with what matches harpers weekley.I will try to post pics tomorrow or next day.

Subject: RE: BS: Any collectors or dealers (antiques etc)
From: Bobert
Date: 15 Jul 12 - 10:27 PM

There is a Museum in Fredrickbsurg that would be a good source of your print, GUEST... It is all about the the battle and may have the same print on display...

B!

Subject: RE: BS: Any collectors or dealers (antiques etc)
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 27 Feb 13 - 01:38 PM

Any British Catters who are interested can find a page called "Valuations, Antiques and Collectables UK" on Facebook.... it is a valuation site, not for buying or selling and valuations are free