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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lucille.b, post: 265577, member: 51&quot;]Doesn&#039;t hurt to ask!</p><p><br /></p><p>It may well be an incredibly valuable piece, or just worth what you paid at the thrift.&nbsp; Just the type of thing that is hard to ID.</p><p><br /></p><p>I learned about this type of piece myself.&nbsp; 5 years ago purchased a number of Peruvian pieces from a university professor&#039;s estate.&nbsp; They all had detailed notes about where they were purchased, dating, etc., typed notes describing dates that were thousands of years old! It was the last day of the sale (was right after a natural disaster where I live --terrible weekend for a sale) and since nearly all pieces were unsold they made everything $10-20.&nbsp; I purchased eight pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are experts here on Antiquers who will recognize just about anything pottery, but the pieces I had did not get one response when I posted them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Had to contact experts in the field (not easy) sent to auction in NY (unsold) and finally sold them on Ebay.&nbsp; I did make several hundred dollars, but spent many, many hours on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Didn&#039;t want you to feel like you were being ignored. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; This type of thing is tricky.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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