Nice day for estate saling!

[iggy]

That was my first experience with stoneware and I was only basing my sale price by what was available to compare to on ebay at the time. I figured $600 was optimistic. It may have been worth $2500, even more... I still have no idea. But 2 people knew & the first guy jumped on my BIN immediately and Paypal'd immediately then asked if I had any more.

 

I collect old crocks. That's at LEAST a 1500 dollar crock. (Maybe more if it was signed and didn't have that rim chip.) Looks to be Shenandoah, VA, 1820 to 1840. (Judging by the crude ovoid shape.)

 

 

Aaaaargh! I described it as 1850's - 1890's!

Thanks for the info!

[ChasingKingKirby]

That was my first experience with stoneware and I was only basing my sale price by what was available to compare to on ebay at the time. I figured $600 was optimistic. It may have been worth $2500, even more... I still have no idea. But 2 people knew & the first guy jumped on my BIN immediately and Paypal'd immediately then asked if I had any more.

 

I collect old crocks. That's at LEAST a 1500 dollar crock. (Maybe more if it was signed and didn't have that rim chip.) Looks to be Shenandoah, VA, 1820 to 1840. (Judging by the crude ovoid shape.)

 

 

Aaaaargh! I described it as 1850's - 1890's!

Thanks for the info!

 

I don't think it matters that much early mid-1800s to mid to late 1800s. What makes this one nice is the form and the color. Really nice. I'm far from being an expert, and crocks are MUCH more difficult to assess than comics. But in my opinion that's a super crock. The chip hurts it some, but rim chips really aren't that bad, for that matter even hairlines with no separation are acceptable in high-end crocks. You didn't mention any cracks, so I'm assuming it didn't have any.

 

By the way, you made up for whatever you DID'NT get for the crock with that kick FF 3. That's a killer book. I wouldn't let it bother me too much. If you're truly interested, I can send you some names of a couple of good books on crocks.

[iggy]

I appreciate that, but I doubt I will get into it much. Mostly what we get around here are the common Redwings. And I know what to look for in the better ones of them. The estate I got that crock from had several crocks and I could only afford to get 2 of them. The one I paid $75 for is still unsold at $150 starting bid so I will keep it. Somehow we got a Virginia estate selling in a small town Iowa auction. I wish I could have got more of them looking back on it.

[ChasingKingKirby]

No problem. Weird how a VA estate ended up so far north... Maybe a reconstruction refugee after the war. Another thing to note on these crocks, almost 100% of the time, the early southern crocks are MUCH more expensive than comparable northern ones. Congrats again on your comic find. That really is an awesome coup.

[bhhooks22]

Man ! I've been in estate sale bus. for 15 years and never found anything close to that !

 

We started two yesterday and all I came home with was these.

 

 

 

 

[cloudofwit]

Maybe your day's around the corner. :think:

 

Remember me when that day does come, Hooks. You know I've been there for the moral support over the years. :laugh:

[slym2none]

Well, another board member told me about an auction in Durham today, with "five boxes" of comics, most 12- and 15¢ covers, so I went to check it out.

 

Four dudes TOTALLY hawking the wares, not moving from around the table where the comics were told me right away that I was not going to get these cheaply. I didn't even bother sticking around - why? Because, aside from the hawks, the "boxes" were cheap-o shirt boxes with about 20-25 comics in each (maybe) and there was no bags&boards, and people just thumbing away at them while looking through.

 

What a waste... although I do truly appreciate the heads-up (thank you again, Iggy!)

 

One day... for over 15 years, I keep saying to myself, "one day....."

 

 

 

-slym

[iggy]

Just got back from a $5,000 shopping spree with my parents. Yes, I had that great luck last Saturday and my dad decides to trump it by winning that prize at the local casino. We both go every Wednesday for the game show-like contest. His was the last of 10 names drawn of contestants for the game. Everyone had to pick a toolbox and they all picked the wrong one leaving my dad with the winning one.

[iggy]

I finally got my grade (online) for the FF#3... results will be posted in the Please Grade My section later today...