Vintage Figurine Experts?
 

anyone here know about vintage art pottery? Does anyone know who I could contact besides antique road show to verify origin?

If it's a jug, don't pick it up by the ears. Or the handle.

That's all I know.

All my knowledge of art comes from, I think it was "Three Men and a Baby", or "Look Who's Talking":

Are there any markings you can google?

Better yet, post some pics, especially one of the bottom and anything that could be a signature / mark.

This is what I did with some of my parents' stuff. It took several hours to pin down that it was made in I forget what town in Germany in the 1860s. IIRC, it sold for like $20.:right:

These are the figurines and they have no mark on the bottom which is why this is perplexing. They only have initials on the base. I cannot decide if they are Italian or French and if anyone has seen this type of collectable they are not usually so elegant and the pairs are generally hen and rooster not fighting cocks. Most fighting cocks I have seen {laff} are metal.

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The initials on the base

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This is what they looked like when I bought them. They are majolica and they were filthy. I just love their angry little faces...

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If you contact Sotheby's and let them know you are interested in selling them, they can let you know if they are valuable enough for them to have an interest in selling them for you. You'll probably get a ballpark estimate of what they would get at auction.

The worst that can happen is that they will ignore your email. The best is that they will respond, telling you that you are rich. But this is their job. They sell stuff for you, and they are constantly looking for good stuff they can sell.

Contact information for the European ceramics department:
http://www.sothebys.com/en/departmen...ecialists.html

In the re line of your email, say something like "Possible selling of European ceramics"

If you want to get all official, they have a form you can fill out and send in.

I did this with a nice antique card table, and found that it was fairly worthless.

Sotheby's is very helpful, they ID'd a tea pot for me and a painting. Just shoot them an email with a jpeg.

What size are they? Just curious, can't actually add anything helpful

Thanks Glatt and F3

The tallest rooster is 8.5 inches tall. The other is just as big he is just crouching...

Anybody notice my great restraint in my commenting?

Lol

I was wondering...

:)

Not really. Everybody knows you're a lover not a fighter.

nothing from Jim either......