It was a wild weekend at the Red Wing Collectors Society MidWinter GetTogether – a wild west themed weekend that is, and Red Wing pottery was the star! Read More +
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Antiquarian Society Show and Sale offers top-quality antiques in beautiful venue
The 56th annual Green Bay and De Pere Antiquarian Society Antique Show & Sale is taking place in the elegant setting of the Rock Garden Banquet and Conference Center in Green Bay, Wis., Nov. 16-17, 2012. Read More +
30 gallon butterfly crock brings $12,750 at Red Wing Collectors Society sale
A 30-gallon salt glaze crock with a cobalt butterfly decoration sold for $12,750 at the July 12, 2012 Red Wing Collectors Society auction. The RWCS celebrated its 35th anniversary at this year’s convention, which brought more than 1,500 visitors to the city of Red Wing from July 11-14, 2012 to buy, sell and learn more about the lines of Red Wing stoneware, pottery and dinnerware. Read More +
King of Tarts cookie jar was a sweet find for Red Wing pottery collectors
More than 300 Red Wing stoneware and pottery collectors attended the Red Wing Collectors Society (RWCS) MidWinter GetTogether Feb. 10-12 in Des Moines, Iowa. Read More +
Stolen Red Wing Pottery recovered
Most of the Red Wing stoneware, dinnerware and art pottery that was stolen had been donated by RWCS members to be used for the KidsView Program that takes place during the RWCS Annual Convention in Red Wing, Minn. Read More +
Red Wing water cooler expected to bring bidders to Nebraska sale
NEWMAN GROVE, Neb. — Beginning at 10 a.m. Oct. 8, the Community Center, downtown Newman Grove, Neb., will be the site of a one-day estate-auction event clearing the collections of Ron Wiese and the late Jackie Wiese. Fowlkes Realty & … Read More +
A town’s heritage comes alive in vintage Abingdon Pottery
Whenever I hear freight trains switching or moving slow down the tracks it takes me back to my boyhood home at 106 East North Street in Abingdon, Ill., a block away from the Abingdon Pottery. Read this touching recollection on how the Abingdon Pottery factory created a lifelong collector.
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Largest group of Anna Pottery ever offered at auction featured in vintage firearms sale
This September Rock Island Auction Company is featuring The Putnam Green Collection Part II: an outstanding collection of rare, historic, and high condition U.S. and German Military arms. The collection has more than 100 unique firearms, uniforms and holsters such as the finest known historical U.S. DWM Model 1902 American Eagle cartridge counter Luger pistol (shown here), expected to sell for $50,000 to $90,000.
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Unusual colored Louisville Glass Works antique bottles bring big bucks
The big bats in the flask collectors league were hot during a July 25, 2011 Internet and phone auction of nearly 400 early flasks, bottles and stoneware. Among the most sought-after items in the auction were three 1840-1850 flasks from the Louisville, Ky., glass works. Lot 59, a marked "Louisville Glass Works" scroll flask in a brilliant olive-yellow color was the highlight of the sale. Estimated at $6,000 to 8,000, it hammering at $31,050.
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30 gallon double leaf stoneware crock brings $5,000 at Red Wing Collectors Society Convention
A 30 gallon salt glaze crock with two leaves brought the highest bid at this year’s Red Wing Collectors Society auction in July. Although unsigned, its perfect condition drove the bidding to $5,000. The 35th Annual RWCS Convention July 6-9, 2011 brought more than 1,500 visitors to the city of Red Wing to buy, sell and learn more about the lines of Red Wing stoneware, art pottery and dinnerware. Other items of interest in this year’s auction included a 2 gallon Ice Water cooler selling for $2,600 and a 12 gallon salt glaze leaf crock bringing $1,900.
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