bottlediger
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Does anyone have any idea what is the highest price paid for an American pot lid? And what is the most desirable American pot lid and the value of it?
Thanks
Ryan
Thanks
Ryan
ORIGINAL: jz4h3m
I wonder if Bob Houghton's new pot lid book (he co-wrote THE Ointment Bible "Historical Guide to Delftware and Victorian Ointment Pots") will help revive interest in Pot lids. I have read he hopes to have 7,000 images and the book is due out this year!
ORIGINAL: crackpot
Interesting discussion. I buy lids from the UK and have been buying from abroad for a number of years now. Pot lids have definitely dropped considerably in recent times.
I purchased one lid for 200pds recently and the very same lid sold a few years ago for 800pds. Both in perfect order, and both with perfect registration.
This is very much the norm now and I can quote a number of items with similar outcomes.
I am happy to post some images of examples if people would find it useful with printed prices achieved.
Perhaps somewhat of a pessimistic view but I would be careful outlaying huge bucks for any lids presently, only because there is a huge gap between the high end buyers which number only a few and the rest of the buying market.
Even with the lids above ...if you get the high end buyers placing an example on their shelf, how many remaining buyers would you seriously find at $5K+ Not many at all.
People we are currently in a GFC and after being in the Antique industry for over 30 years I believe I can speak with some qualification. Watch your pennies because there will be some real bargains to be had if the situation doesn't improve. The Antique industry has never seen it so bad.