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On the Net: January/February 2004
Interest in contemporary art pottery continues to increase among Internet buyers and pottery collectors in general. Notable studio potters such as Tim Eberhardt (www.newartpottery.com) and Paul Katrich (www.katrichstudios.com) are in such demand that they have difficulty keeping many examples of their work for sale on their websites and when pots are added to the sites they tend to sell rapidly. In addition, Ebay, live auctions, and commercial web sites are beginning to see the development of a strong secondary market for contemporary pottery makers such as Ephraim Faience and Door Pottery (www.doorpottery.com). As a retailer for several contemporary art pottery makers, it has been interesting to see long-standing, experienced collectors of high-end Rookwood, Roseville, Van Briggle and other more commonly collected antique American art pottery expand and develop entirely new collecting themes as they realize the quality of much of the contemporary art pottery that is available in the market today. It has also been interesting to see the rapid dissemination of information regarding retirement of current designs by the larger studio pottery companies and the premium put on first-year pieces when they return to the marketplace. Typically, when companies such as Door Pottery or Ephraim Faience announce the retirement of particular designs, collectors will rapidly add any remaining examples to their collections. When examples of many contemporary pottery makers’ early work or previously retired examples are offered for sale, prices realized are often greatly exceeding the original retail prices for these examples even if they are only a year or two old. As a result, collectors of contemporary pottery are finding their hobby not only fun but in most cases an appreciating investment as well. Some of the newest entries into the contemporary pottery market are Common Ground Pottery and C. Powell Pottery. Both of these makers are producing high quality art pottery that appears to hold similar potential to not only be decorative additions to pottery collections but appreciating investments as well. For those of you interested in southern pottery, check out www.benowens.com. The site is updated regularly and contains a wealth of information on the history of the pottery as well as a nicely detailed online catalog. Collectors interested in more modern American studio pottery would find www.vasefinder.com a site worth visiting. The site is a comprehensive resource focused primarily on pots from the classical modern studio movement. Another interesting site worth checking out is the Clay Art Web Guide at www.clayartwebguide.com. The site contains 50 pottery related categories and over 1500 website links. I recognize there are many other contemporary pottery websites and resources out there that I did not mention in this article due to space constraints and lack of knowledge on my part. If I did not mention your site please do not take offense. If you have a site or know of a contemporary pottery site that should be discussed, please email the link and I will provide additional information on this topic next time. For those of you interested in antique American art pottery, the following are prices realized from recent sales on eBay. As you can see, high-end, antique American art pottery continues to bring very strong prices. Items are in mint condition unless noted otherwise. As always, if you have comments or ideas for upcoming issues please do not hesitate to email me at gregmy@justartpottery.com.
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