Value of Antiques &
Vintage China - Help Page

Value of Antiques & Vintage China - Identification Help Page

If you want to save time, get ebay help, and gain valuable and unique knowledge on how to identify and value antique & vintage china, read on.....

How To Do Effective Research Easily on the Value of Antiques and Vintage China Identification

Of course you can utilize the reference books at your local library, ask your local auction house for an opinion, or purchase your own set of reference books. Not forgetting that Pottery & Porcelain museums often have helpful experts.

For example, the Stoke-on-Trent City Museum has an open call line every Tuesday afternoon between 2pm and 4pm where their experts are available to answer questions by phone.

Online

Researching pottery marks and the value of antiques and vintage china online is a time consuming and often thankless task.

Free pottery mark online information is often limited to the websites of antique dealers who tend to have only selective information.

On this site I have developed a public forum where we all help each other to investigate mysteries ..... more


My China Replacements page tells you how to get ebay help, and use various online resources to search for both china replacements and how to value your item or collection.

There are many pages of pottery marks queries where I publish selected queries from our 'Friends' of the site. The easiest way to become a friend to the site is to subscribe to the the FREE Newsletter.

OTHER USEFUL SECTIONS OF THIS SITE

IDENTIFYING POTTERY MARKS ....more

CHINA PATTERN IDENTIFICATION ....more

VALUING YOUR WARES ....more

EXCHANGE (FIND & SELL) ....more

Below is a list of my recommendations where you are most likely to find what you are looking for for free (don't forget also the ebay help mentioned above).

Here are the websites I highly recommend if you opt for doing your own online research (they are old favorites of mine - all of them have their faults, but their heart is in the right place):


Gotheborg.com - Chinese & Japanese and Far East porcelain marks - export marks are normally in English, often with English sounding patterns and brand names.

Porcelainmarksandmore.com - German and East European porcelain marks - excellent site but uses navigation based on geographical location not maker’s name, so lacks simple alphabetical navigation (can be frustrating).

Collectorscircle.com - Bohemian & Czech china marks - great for eyeballing lots of pottery marks quickly – I always scroll down on ‘auto-mouse’ to look for a mark (you can sip a cup of teas as you do so).

Oldandsold.com – French pottery marks - 22 pages of French marks. Navigation can be somewhat muddled.

Oldandsold.com - American pottery marks - 41 pages of antique pottery marks to search in alphabetical listing. Good luck!

General tips on pottery marks (my own page).