Dec 2012
SHAWNEE TALES
by Linda Romberg
Merry Christmas from the Shawnee Choir
Where did this month go - Doug just reminded me the end of the month is here and I need to send him a newsletter!!!!!! A sure sign we are getting - older when the months fly by so fast anymore.
Interesting jar just closed on Ebay - it was a Sailor with a hand painted bug on the side of his cap and went for almost $300 even with a big chip on the front of his cap - we don't see too many additions on the sailors so lots of interest in him. Last year we featured one with a blue patch on his backside.
As seen on Ebay
Currently listed is a Polly Ann Popcorn set with the original packaging. The seller purchased it as a seven piece set but the seller he bought it from had included a pair of salt and pepper corn range shakers to make the seven pieces - he did not know it should have come with a can of Betty Zane
popcorn and just one salt shaker. He lowered his price and the package is still worth money as these seldom show up. When I contacted him that the set was incomplete he instantly posted the information on the listing and lowered the starting price from $300 to $200. Nice to meet up with ethical sellers.
Click picture to see auction page
By the way, the Smiley I had purchased and returned from Yoder auction in Wisconsin with an undisclosed repair showed up last month listed on Ebay - the seller was not a pottery expert but was contacted by one of our readers with the information reported in our newsletter - he posted the information so as not to misrepresent the jar - it had a beautiful lid with painted hearts covering a couple of minimal firing imperfections. Had the small pink flowers that are so hard to find.
Years ago I was walking through a local mall where a dealer was setting out some corn pieces - it was the popcorn set and we got to talking - she mentioned she found the set in it's original packaging - I asked about it and her reply was "Oh I threw the box away and popped the corn" She had no idea she disposed of the most valuable parts of the set - as collectors we love coming across original packaging but it doesn't happen very often.
About fifteen years back in Zanesville at Pottery Festival in an auction there was a Brush large turtle sprinkler yard ornament - it came with the original box and foolishly the auctioneer sold the turtle separately then the box by itself - I think the box brought only $20 or $25 - he should have
combined the box and the turtle. By the way - another Shawnee collector took home the turtle, took me a couple of years to find mine - so many of us seem to get distracted by other pottery while on our search for Shawnee - I have collected the Brush frogs and turtles ever since seeing them at Pottery Festival - what amazed me was people there back then actually had these pieces OUTDOORS in their gardens and on their lawns - can you imagine that?
Would love to hear from any of our readers who have original packaging, maybe you could share some pictures???
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a joyous holiday season. Including a picture of Amaryllis in bloom and a Betty Lou Nichols Santa Claus I discovered on my hunt for Shawnee.
Doug's Corner
Merry Christmas
Looks like four more years of Ho Ho Ho or until the bills come due.
Newsletter notification email
At the risk of getting grief from my Internet provider I'm going to run a notification email each month when the newsletter is published. Just the Newsletter, NO spam.
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If you don't receive your notification, check your "spam filter" or Folder
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Quick question - does anyone know who made these?
