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<p>[QUOTE="dgbjwc, post: 10385433, member: 308"]Up until WWII most McCoy was unmarked. Around WWII McCoy started transitioning to marking their products. Your vase was produced during that transition period. It's not uncommon to find examples from that period either marked or unmarked. Unmarked McCoy is sometimes ends up being more valuable than marked since it often slips past the eye of uneducated dealers. A $3 garage sale vase could bring around $30 or more once properly identified. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's important to note that McCoy never filed for a trademark for any of the marks they used. As a result, there are reproductions and fantasy shapes on the market. An uneducated dealer can lose money on marked McCoy if it turns out to be one of the reproduced pieces.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dgbjwc, post: 10385433, member: 308"]Up until WWII most McCoy was unmarked. Around WWII McCoy started transitioning to marking their products. Your vase was produced during that transition period. It's not uncommon to find examples from that period either marked or unmarked. Unmarked McCoy is sometimes ends up being more valuable than marked since it often slips past the eye of uneducated dealers. A $3 garage sale vase could bring around $30 or more once properly identified. It's important to note that McCoy never filed for a trademark for any of the marks they used. As a result, there are reproductions and fantasy shapes on the market. An uneducated dealer can lose money on marked McCoy if it turns out to be one of the reproduced pieces.[/QUOTE]
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