Yixing resources

Here's my situation.

Bought a Yixing teapot on eBay for £8. Sold it on eBay for £65. It went immediately as a buy it now listing. I kept an eye on the buyers listings, he put it on as an auction and it sold for over £400.

Rationalising my small profit of £57 isn't doing much for me, so I'm hoping someone can provide some good resources on Yixing teapots so I don't have any more incidents.

Many thanks

 

Did u not ask us to check it out first ?
Why?
We're the best Yixing resource I know of !!!
( although there may be others.......)

 

At least, you made a not so small profit
What should the initial seller for £8 think if he knew the final price

 

What should the initial seller for £8 think....

 

Good question.

These look like pretty good ones:

http://litaxulingkelley.blogspot.com/p/yixing-teapot-makers-marks.html

https://gotheborg.com/marks/yixing.shtml

Edit: Hmm, never thought I'd find this on reddit, but it looks like a good read (scroll down to the comments):

https://www.reddit.com/r/tea/comments/4dqoge/yixing_makers_marks/

 

I would also look on ebay, sort by highest, and take screen caps of any marks where the seller seems to know what they're talking about. Save it to a library on your desktop for future reference.

 

you're smart !!!!
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oh....& very dapper !!!!!

 

LOL, I've been doing that forever with any unusual jewelry marks I come across. I cannot rely on this memory for anything anymore, so I just keep compiling marks.

Now if I could just remember to refer to it when I can't figure out a mark!

 

In hindsight you guys should have been my first stop. I have been told that a lid that fits on perfectly is a sign of a quality Yixing teapot, and this one was moving a good 3-4mm side to side, so I assumed it wasn't overly valuable. I guess there's more to it than that.

@tie.dye.cat thanks for those links and tips, exactly what I was looking for. Reddit thread is particularly interesting.