Ceramics
Antique and vintage ceramics, including vases, cookware, retro ceramic art and more.
See also: American Glass | Bottles | European Glass | Pottery | Stoneware
Holt-Howard Warms The Nostalgic Holiday Heart
The history of Holt-Howard's wonderfully kitschy line of mid-century Christmas wares featuring starry-eyed Santas, angels, elf girls and more offers a sentimental and collectible winter wonderland.
Lady Head Vases: 10 Things You Didn't Know
Ceramic beauties with impeccable style, lady head vases are a charming and popular mid-century collectible.
The Key to Authenticating Satsuma
How to tell the difference between an authentic piece of this distinctive Japanese pottery and a modern one depends on if there is an English marking or not.
Vintage Restaurant Ware Creamers
Vintage restaurant ware creamers have earned their distinction as a separate category of collectibles and remain popular with collectors.
Vintage Pie Birds Are Functional, Whimsical Collectibles
Pie birds are useful tools to prevent pies from bubbling over, can be found in various shapes and colors and are cute ceramic figurines to display in the kitchen.
George E. Ohr: The Mad Potter
The innovative American Arts and Crafts ceramics artist George E. Ohr was a wildly eccentric, artistically brilliant man.
Russian vase commands more than 150 times estimate
A 7 1/2-inch tall Russian vase, which was cataloged with a $600 to $900 estimate, didn’t end its auction until it hit $141,450 – 157 times its high estimate.
Fine art auction sees marble busts soar to $1.475M
Two rediscovered marble busts by the 18th century French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon sold for a combined $1.475 million at the Fine Art & Antiques Auction held March 23 by Cottone Auctions.
800 lots set to cross the block June 26
Pook & Pook is celebrating summer with another one of the firm's popular Online Only Decorative Arts auctions, to be held on Wednesday June 26, 2019.
Heritage launches monthly online decorative arts auction
Heritage Auctions will make its expansive offerings of fine & decorative art more accessible than ever before when the firm launches monthly Fine Art auctions in the summer of 2019.
Ruby Lane: Find your conversation starters at Allie's Antiques
One Ruby Lane shop I come back to time and again is Allie's Antiques. The seldom-found items are usually in excellent condition and give me a serious case of "the wants."
Online auction offers 462 lots with modest opening bids
Now through Wednesday, May 8, Thomaston Place Auction Galleries presents “Collectors’ Choice,” an online only auction offering rare and collectible objects.
Get set for antique picking at vintage market
Spring is here and the May Gold Rush vintage market at the Olmsted County Fairgrounds (also known as Graham Park) in Rochester, Minnesota, is setting the stage for spring picking May 10-12, 2019.
Eclectic collections slated to sell April 26-27
The Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates Spring Antiques, Fine & Decorative Arts Auction contains a wide selection of material and will include everything from fine art and rare timepieces to miniature lighting and estate jewelry.
2-DAY AUCTION – 400+ VINTAGE SAFES & ANTIQUES
The Irving Isicoff Collection / International Museum of Safes will be sold at AUCTION on May 25th & 26th. Visit www.stamplerauctions.com to register and prebid. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity that includes safes over 200 years old along with over 300 lots of antique scales, décor and more. Don’t miss it. See y’all there.
