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Summary: An antiques expert explains discoloration in antique iron stone in this free video on collecting antiques.
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Sue Shea Sue Shea has been dealing in antiques since 1979, and has her own shop, Shea Antiques, located in Shelburne Falls, MA. Her passion is early American 18th & 19... read more
Other example I can show you right here in LaMoush pattern these cups and saucers can vary in price a clean LaMoush moss rose tea cup and saucer can cost you anywhere from 10-$25. This one is $12.50 so there's a range depending on the condition so that's the cup and saucer. We'll find an example that I have here just a handless cup and it has blue on it and here in cobalt blue you have a gold band but this is the handless cup and saucer. This one has quit a bit of crazing in it and some discoloration but this is an iron stone base and you'll find that these can vary. This because of the discoloration this is an early 19th century cup and saucer and it's priced at $22 so there's an earlier cup and saucer. It does have discoloration so the condition here is affecting the price and it's an early handless cup and saucer but it has conditions to consider in the price. So that's a $22 handless cup and saucer another example I can show is a covered vegetable bowl like this there vary depending on the pattern and the condition this iron stone the top has a repair on it. I'm going to show you right here is going to affect your price greatly the top has been reglued on so this is something to consider also there's some discoloration in here. But you have the right cover for the right piece but this will cost you $35 with the reglued top on it. It's a nice piece that you can actually use but it does have damage so that's going to affect the price. It gives you a little range to think about a piece like this is whole depending on the maker can cause you from anywhere from$50-$200 so there's a huge range depending on the pattern and the condition and the age so those are all things to consider. It's just not one thing to think about when your thinking about pricing iron stone so this is all things to think about when your collecting a certain pattern. You might want to look at the price range because some patterns can be a lot more money than others so you need to think about how much it's going to cost you an investment when you go out to collect iron stone.