I have long coveted the teeny cottage group above. Somewhere in the bowels of this blog, there must be something that I wrote about it years ago because about 6 years ago, I underbid it at auction. I didn't underbid it modestly. Rather, I underbid it to a silly level. Later, I was shocked to discover it had been bought by Jonathan Horne and it appeared in his very next London exhibition. I have no idea what the price tag was at that point, but, idiot that I am, I assumed that at its now-lofty price, it would sit unsold for a good while. Wrong again! It immediately sold.
Fast forward to this year, and this very figure group again came to auction. This time, I was able to get it for less than half of my previous bid. Has the pottery market slumped? Not so at all. I tell you all these details to ram home the point that value is a function of who is shopping at a particular moment in time. Another day and at another venue, I might have been outbid yet again.
Below are two tiny groups that I believe emanated from the same pot bank as the little group I just purchased.
Fast forward to this year, and this very figure group again came to auction. This time, I was able to get it for less than half of my previous bid. Has the pottery market slumped? Not so at all. I tell you all these details to ram home the point that value is a function of who is shopping at a particular moment in time. Another day and at another venue, I might have been outbid yet again.
Below are two tiny groups that I believe emanated from the same pot bank as the little group I just purchased.
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I have not found any other figures or groups that link to the three examples shown here, but I live in hope! If you have something in your collection that can add to the story, please email me.
