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Speaking of pottery vessels... - 12/15/2005 7:36:20 PM    bearswede Posts: 2909 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline Hey, Wayne... Watchya think of this one? It's VERY early American... Ron Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: Speaking of pottery vessels... - 12/15/2005 7:40:21 PM    bearswede Posts: 2909 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline Ok...Ok... So it's SOUTH American... Attachment (1) (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 2

RE: Speaking of pottery vessels... - 12/15/2005 7:41:02 PM    capsoda Posts: 7863 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Thats to cool Ron. Is that whats called a wedding jar. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 3

RE: Speaking of pottery vessels... - 12/15/2005 7:43:02 PM    bearswede Posts: 2909 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline Peruvian, to be precise... Attachment (1) (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 4

RE: Speaking of pottery vessels... - 12/15/2005 7:57:28 PM    bearswede Posts: 2909 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline Hi Warren... It's actually a Moche pot known as a saddle flask... This one depicts, among other things, the Hummingbird God... Ron (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 5

RE: Speaking of pottery vessels... - 12/15/2005 8:05:28 PM    capsoda Posts: 7863 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Nice catch Ron, nice catch. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 6

RE: Speaking of pottery vessels... - 12/16/2005 7:52:02 AM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1436 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline Bearswede... Hi Ron... Don't even tell me you dug this in Western Mass!!! That's a terrific looking piece! How old do you think it is? Where did you find it?... WOW Wayne (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 7

RE: Speaking of pottery vessels... - 12/16/2005 10:50:48 AM    bearswede Posts: 2909 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline Hi Guys... Glad you like it... Actually, I misspoke... It's a stirrup handled flask... Time period is 200-800 AD... My wife got it many years ago at an estate sale... http://moche.nau.edu/pottery.htm Ron (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 8

RE: Speaking of pottery vessels... - 12/16/2005 5:04:38 PM    Gunsmoke47 Posts: 1160 Joined: 12/29/2003 From: TEXAS Status: offline Hey Swede, I don't know how I missed this post! AWWWWWESOME! Tell me that it is the real deal! Kelley (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 9

RE: Speaking of pottery vessels... - 12/16/2005 6:30:11 PM    bearswede Posts: 2909 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline Hey, Kelly... Pretty sure it's genny-wine... We sent it off to California for an appraisal about 15 years ago... The guy said it would be valued at $500... Ron (in reply to Gunsmoke47) Post #: 10

RE: Speaking of pottery vessels... - 12/16/2005 7:39:15 PM    Mainely Broken   Posts: 48 Joined: 11/4/2005 From: GUESS??? Status: offline Hi all, Only $500???? That stinks!!!! You have pottery that is that old in that shape & only worth that? I'd say it's pretty darn priceless, in my opinion. To survive all these years is just amazing. Thanks for sharing it! Vicky (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 11

RE: Speaking of pottery vessels... - 12/17/2005 12:07:00 AM    diginit   Posts: 662 Joined: 4/7/2004 From: California Status: offline I agree with Vicky. I'd like to think a peruvian museum would pay much more. Something like that is not easily replaced and should be considered a priceless piece of history. < Message edited by diginit -- 12/17/2005 12:07:57 AM > _____________________________ Life is a Ditch. (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 12

RE: Speaking of pottery vessels... - 12/17/2005 7:08:45 AM    Miles   Posts: 248 Joined: 9/6/2005 From: New York Status: offline Yeah, I agree with Vicky, you probably got a good deal. I mean, it's not your typical pottery piece. The neck is unusual, and the decorations on it are real neat. Ron, I'd look into if it's worth more than that. I was flipping through the channels last night and I came apon Ancient Glass for Sale on Home Shopping Network. I figured everything was probably overpriced, most of the glass, including some with basic decorations cost around 500-1000$, which seems really cheap to me, seeing it was of the same era as your pottery piece. That's a real neat one. (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 13

RE: Speaking of pottery vessels... - 12/17/2005 6:34:26 PM    swizzle   Posts: 1325 Joined: 3/2/2005 From: Upstate NY Status: offline Its not uncommon for dealers and appraisers to under quote the real value of a piece just to try to get it for the price they quoted. Then turn around and sell it for several thousand dollars. Jason (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 14

RE: Speaking of pottery vessels... - 12/17/2005 6:42:09 PM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1436 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline Hi everybody... Regarding Bearswede's pottery piece and my Iberian (Spanish) Olive Jar, who knows who to trust as far as true value of a particular piece is... I just contacted several archeaologists and a private collector regarding the value of the Olive Jar that I found and the guy comes back and saiys that they are relatively common to find them on shipwrecks and it is worth about $350.00!!! This one piece is a great find, just like Bearswede's... I don't know... I guess we are all afraid of selling something too cheap and then find out that the guy sold it a month later for ten times what he bought it for!!! I just don't know who to trust anymore... I guess I need to listen to the voice in the back of my mind saying, "Hold on to it... Hold on to it!" Wayne Attachment (1) (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 15

RE: Speaking of pottery vessels... - 12/17/2005 8:00:23 PM    capsoda Posts: 7863 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Hey Wayne , I'll give you two shiney Quarters for it. Those are the kind of finds that should be put in a special brag display. They got to be worth way more than you guys have been quoted, their to cool not to be. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 16

RE: Speaking of pottery vessels... - 12/17/2005 8:38:34 PM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1436 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline Thanks, Warren... I appreciate the compliment.When I brought this to the surface, the guy I work with said, "I can buy one of those at Pier One Imports." Just so you know, I also found that Stoddard Double Eagle flask next to a mooring that he had inspected several times... The guy's a Putz! You won't see a photo of His thumb dude on this forum, I'll tell you that! Wayne (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 17

RE: Speaking of pottery vessels... - 12/17/2005 9:47:07 PM    capsoda Posts: 7863 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Yea,right, Pier One, thats where I get all my rare pottery. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 18

RE: Speaking of pottery vessels... - 12/18/2005 11:17:41 AM    bearswede Posts: 2909 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline Yeah, me too... But the prices have climbed out of sight, and the quality... Well, it's in the basement!!! (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 19

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