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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;42Skeezix, post: 90651, member: 40&quot;]Well, Owned...here in the states even the GOOD stuff has fallen dramatically in value. Sure a nice piece of Newcomb will still bring a couple thousand, but that same piece would have brought 4 grand+ 15 years ago. Teco, Rookwood, etc., even Ohr, all have suffered in our market.</p><p><br /></p><p>But there is a bright light in American pottery. 19th.&nbsp; century blue decorated salt glaze is THRIVING. The more mundane pieces,&nbsp; flower baskets, and pecking birds and such may be a little flat, but ANY piece with better or more unusual decoration is bringing extraordinary prices with records increasing regularly. The finest of this type, Anna pottery, has probably traded privately in the $100,000 range. There have been a few $100,000 plus sales of early American decorated salt glaze in just the last few years. A period that has dramatically shown the slowdown in pottery interest in general here in the States.</p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;re not gong to find it cheap, but you can still find good examples for a few hundred dollars. Nice examples of even the more common designs as I mentioned above, Flowers, pecking birds etc. are well worth investment too. Well executed examples from good potteries, such as Norton, Bennington Vt. can get four figures.</p><p>They can still be found for a few hundred. A good eye helps. The better the design execution, the higher the value...naturally.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is one of the few bright spots I&#039;ve noted in the rather cloudy antiques trade the last few years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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