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<p>[QUOTE="Joe2007, post: 879210, member: 1262"]Giving new life to this old thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>For quite some time I've been taking advantage of depressed art pottery prices and have been trying to add quality pieces to my collection. I'm now in the triple digits when it comes to pieces of Roseville pottery and have added quite a few pieces of Rookwood, Hull, Weller, Brush-McCoy, and McCoy pottery to my collection. Like I mentioned previously I'm trying to add "better" pieces in the harder to find patterns of Roseville but have gotten lots of common pattern pieces too. I pass on anything with damage, with an exception for minor blemishes on harder to find patterns selling for fire sale prices.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am betting that the art pottery market will eventually recover some of its previous strength seen in 2005-2006. Every year there is less and less good vintage art pottery out there since the attrition rate is high since damage comes easily and pottery is so out of favor in recent years. A few local antique dealers here in Ohio are perhaps seeing signs of a modest recovery. They say that Rookwood pieces are now selling for them for decent margins. Personally I think the amount of large collections hitting the market may be subsiding, seeing less art pottery in antique malls lately and the amounts of undamaged pieces has to be well under 50%.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joe2007, post: 879210, member: 1262"]Giving new life to this old thread. For quite some time I've been taking advantage of depressed art pottery prices and have been trying to add quality pieces to my collection. I'm now in the triple digits when it comes to pieces of Roseville pottery and have added quite a few pieces of Rookwood, Hull, Weller, Brush-McCoy, and McCoy pottery to my collection. Like I mentioned previously I'm trying to add "better" pieces in the harder to find patterns of Roseville but have gotten lots of common pattern pieces too. I pass on anything with damage, with an exception for minor blemishes on harder to find patterns selling for fire sale prices. I am betting that the art pottery market will eventually recover some of its previous strength seen in 2005-2006. Every year there is less and less good vintage art pottery out there since the attrition rate is high since damage comes easily and pottery is so out of favor in recent years. A few local antique dealers here in Ohio are perhaps seeing signs of a modest recovery. They say that Rookwood pieces are now selling for them for decent margins. Personally I think the amount of large collections hitting the market may be subsiding, seeing less art pottery in antique malls lately and the amounts of undamaged pieces has to be well under 50%.[/QUOTE]
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