Great-Grandmother's Lamp (Signed)

I've been told that this lamp (which belonged to my great-grandmother are somewhat old - maybe 80+ years). The piece, which is hand painted with scenes on both sides, is signed in the bottom of one of the scenes.

Looks like: "H. Poituw___" but not sure...

If anyone has any leads on this piece, I'd be very interested.

Thanks.

 

H.poitevin.....??

 

Yes! Good eye - I found a few pieces by Henri Poitevin - a few of which sold at Christie's.

Looks like it'd be around the turn of the century French. I don't know if it would have originally been a lamp though - it looks like many of his pieces were vases with a similar form.

If anyone has any more info on Henri Poitevin, it'd be greatly appreciated.

 

they...here....keep me around for special occasions.....

if you find out more...then , please share as well !!!!

 

And we have a lot of special occasions.

 

I only found one Christie's auction (see there was also a Eugene Poitevin piece auctioned through them):

http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5183545

Think it must always have been a lamp base. Otherwise someone had to do a lot of damage to an expensive piece of Sevres porcelain to wire it.

Love that it has come down through more than 1 generation.

 

There are quite a few "H. Poitevin" with this auction being one of them. What I am noticing is that on some auction/sites these are listed as Sevres-style. Also some of the auctions were more than a few years back so the values might be way off.

If you're interested you could always contact a decent auction house and see what they say.

http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/...6183&sid=558356fa-afa7-4120-9691-57d69338acc8

 

Those final auction prices at Christie's include the 25% buyers premium which only goes to Christie's and none to the seller. So deduct 25% to get the actually selling price.

 

Don't forget a possible seller's fee. Don't know about Christie's but could easily be 30% of the sale price.

 

100% + 25% = 125% 25/125 = 20% Deduct 20% for 'hammer price'.

SIS is absolutely correct that fees on the seller's end can also be substantial & something to take into account if you consider using an auction house.

 

The last item I sold at Christie's had a 25% commission off the hammer price. They charged $750 for a photograph in the catalog and 1 1/2 or 2% for insurance.

 

If you had 12 cents left by the end, I'm impressed. Yikes!

 

Yikes is right. I didn't even include the price for shipping and insuring to get it to them. That's why it isn't worth using the larger, well known auction houses unless it's a very high valued item.

 

When I sold something at Christies, the buyers premium was added on to the final hammer price...........that I remember distinctly.......

 

Agreed, both Christie's & Sotheby's are gonna get their fees one way or another, no doubt about it. For a single object there is a 5k minimum so right off the bat they try and weed out the riff raff
Having said that, they will negotiate fees if a large collection or very valuable single object.
The buyers premium is 25% but that's not the end of the fees for the buyer, sales tax unless you have a tax #, paying with a CC/debit card? another 5%, add all that up, the REAL BP is in the 35%-38% range.

 

I thought it was illegal to add the bank card commission to the sale. At least here in CA it is.

 

Everything is illegal in CA, isn't it?

 

Just jerking your chain cluttered! But, when a location has trouble figuring out which bathroom to use, i'd say there are some issues there.

 

No starting in Jan. you'll be able to buy green ciggies. It's the grow situations that are illegal.

It's not the location that has trouble using the bathroom It's the people who can't figure out who they are that make a stink.

 

Yep, i heard that.