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Summary: An antiques expert explains where to collect antique iron stone, including places to look, in this free video on collecting antiques.
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About the Expert
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
So where to collect your iron stone I would say you begin in local shops close to your own area and then branch out from there you can go to your local shows. Which in our area are seasonal we have a great show called Brinfield out here in New England but midwest has there own shows in the west. So would highly recommend that you branch out to the shows so that you can get out you can handle these things and you can talk to collectors who have bought and are resaling these things. There the types of people would have a variety of different choices for you so there's a place to begin you can also go to auctions that are carrying porcelains in small tableware like this in the 19th and 20th century. Auctions are a good place to be able to see these things and handle them you can also go to the internet you can try Ebay they have wide range of different types of patterns of iron stone. So those are a few resources for you to go out and start collecting iron stone.