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<p>[QUOTE="Walter Del Pellegrino, post: 201488, member: 90"]There are a number of sources on the internet. Simply type the terms "Armani"</p><p>and "Porcelain" to see a number of resources. The best route to learning about Armani figurines is to join the official club: <a href="http://www.florence-sculptures.it" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.florence-sculptures.it" rel="nofollow">http://www.florence-sculptures.it</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The following sentences might upset some collectors and I understand that completely but the following articles I wrote for my Italian Pottery Forum are based on more than four decades of collecting. The variation in prices is due to the fact that collecting these modern pieces is a relatively new field and, in fact, the art market is still trying to determine if these figurines are truly artistic works of art that will hold their value for one hundred years or more. You won't, for example, find an Armani, Cappe or Borsato figurine at a Sotheby's or Christie's Auction.</p><p>Armani figurines are not made of porcelain but rather porcelain dust mixed with resin. In other words they are plastic models. They will crack, fade and become brittle if left in the sunlight. True porcelains will retain all their own qualities for hundreds of years.</p><p>Below are two links to articles I have written about the relative pricing of porcelain and non-porcelain figurines.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://italianpotterymarks.freeforums.org/cold-cast-porcelains-a-problem-for-future-collectors-t12.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://italianpotterymarks.freeforums.org/cold-cast-porcelains-a-problem-for-future-collectors-t12.html" rel="nofollow">http://italianpotterymarks.freeforums.org/cold-cast-porcelains-a-problem-for-future-collectors-t12.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://italianpotterymarks.freeforums.org/help-me-with-an-antonio-borsato-piece-t871.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://italianpotterymarks.freeforums.org/help-me-with-an-antonio-borsato-piece-t871.html" rel="nofollow">http://italianpotterymarks.freeforums.org/help-me-with-an-antonio-borsato-piece-t871.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Walter Del Pellegrino, post: 201488, member: 90"]There are a number of sources on the internet. Simply type the terms "Armani" and "Porcelain" to see a number of resources. The best route to learning about Armani figurines is to join the official club: [URL]http://www.florence-sculptures.it[/URL] The following sentences might upset some collectors and I understand that completely but the following articles I wrote for my Italian Pottery Forum are based on more than four decades of collecting. The variation in prices is due to the fact that collecting these modern pieces is a relatively new field and, in fact, the art market is still trying to determine if these figurines are truly artistic works of art that will hold their value for one hundred years or more. You won't, for example, find an Armani, Cappe or Borsato figurine at a Sotheby's or Christie's Auction. Armani figurines are not made of porcelain but rather porcelain dust mixed with resin. In other words they are plastic models. They will crack, fade and become brittle if left in the sunlight. True porcelains will retain all their own qualities for hundreds of years. Below are two links to articles I have written about the relative pricing of porcelain and non-porcelain figurines. [URL]http://italianpotterymarks.freeforums.org/cold-cast-porcelains-a-problem-for-future-collectors-t12.html[/URL] [URL]http://italianpotterymarks.freeforums.org/help-me-with-an-antonio-borsato-piece-t871.html[/URL][/QUOTE]
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