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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: myracles103 on May 12, 2014, 10:41:35 am
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I am interested in some more information on this dish. I am assuming it is a reproduction. Is there any value in it?
Any help is much appreciated
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Yes. It's a fairly good reproduction. Probably worth about £30-50 ( less than a tenth of the original but good enough quality if that sort of money is outside a collector's price range )
The registration mark you've taken a photo of should include numbers / letters.
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I agree 100%. When repro majolica first started coming out, I got stung at an auction. I should have known better & I guess somewhere in the back of my mind, I did. Although I had good company, 2 other dealers were bidding on it & they were members of the Antiques Dealers Association of Canada. GG
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Oh dear :(
The detail on this is good but the colours are slightly wrong and the mark is just plain wrong. Base rim is also clearly not right.
Would look fine on a shelf though !
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Well I paid $1.50 for it in a thrift store. ;D I just looked on ebay and saw a replica that had sold for $200, and others listed for $200+
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The person who paid $200 for that repro squirrel dish may have believed it was genuine. Very naughty description saying it was antique. Blatantly not.
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The piece I bought was marked with a spurious Minton mark & at the time none of us had any idea that majolica was being reproduced. I ended up selling it to another dealer as a repro, I lost a fair amount of $, but it's a lesson I have never forgotten.
I don't think at $1.50 you can really lose! ;D But those ones on Ebay that are calling it antique is just plain wrong. GG
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Another smite.
I've almost had enough of this.
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Another smite.
I've almost had enough of this.
Jealousy will get you "smitten" .... thus, in your case, I would consider it a "mark of expertise". ;) ;)
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One of them may have been in error - both KC and i received one after making comments in the prayer wheel thread.
I'd expect someone who doesn't agree with an opinion to explain why, not simply hide behind a smite. It is a discussion forum, after all.
I suspect certain poster(s) but i guess i'll leave them to it.
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Another smite.
I've almost had enough of this.
Oh that's not fair. I agree, if you don't like the answer at least stand up for your belief & put your name on it. I've had stuff like this happen on other forums, which is why I changed my identity....Sorry this is happening. GG
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How do I leave kudos for members that have helped me out??