Featured Gladys Tuke Bowl - Trying to pin down a value

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  1. dgbjwc

    dgbjwc Well-Known Member

    Hello everyone - I've got a piece of art pottery created by Gladys Tuke, a folk artist in West Virginia. It's a small bowl or coaster about 5" across and 1" tall. Dated 1957. I can find pieces on Worthpoint but I don't have a membership. I also found a covered bowl on Etsy but it's sold so I can't see the price. I'd like to sell it or donate it but have no idea where to start as regards value. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
    Don

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  2. buyingtime777

    buyingtime777 Well-Known Member

    Maybe a berry bowl? It has folksy charm that I rather like!:)
     
  3. dgbjwc

    dgbjwc Well-Known Member

    Thank you buyingtime777. I rather like it too but I really don't have much pottery that would fall under the folk category and I don't have the space to start another collection. It's a great pattern for this time of the year.
    Don
     
  4. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    When I saw "White Sulphur Springs" I had to go look her up to see if there was any possibility we are distantly related. (I'm related to hundreds of people in that part of the state.) Unfortunately, no. But it certainly is a nice piece!
     
  5. dgbjwc

    dgbjwc Well-Known Member

    I have a cousin that lives very close to Greenbriar and her daughter was a cocktail waitress at the resort for a time. We aren't really from that area, though, but from further north in Pennsylvania. Thanks for the compliment on the bowl!
    Don
     
  6. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    I've never been there, but one set of my great-grandparents were born there. Both from huge(!) families, many of whom stuck around. Mine left for Indiana about 1890 and did not look back.
     
  7. buyingtime777

    buyingtime777 Well-Known Member

    She seems to have been rather accomplished in what I can find and I am most curious to know the Worthpoint value also. That might be a "sleeper"!
     
  8. crowleys

    crowleys Well-Known Member

    The blue and white covered bowl sold for $150 on Etsy...I think your bowl is nicer!
     
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  9. dgbjwc

    dgbjwc Well-Known Member

    Thank you, crowleys! That's not a bad price.
    Don
     
  10. jakatch

    jakatch Active Member

    Worthpoint lists about 18 items. Values ran from $19 to $125 (2 vases); $139 & $150 for the horses; many pieces in the $20-$50 range.
    Is there a particular item there that you'd like the price of?
     
  11. dgbjwc

    dgbjwc Well-Known Member

    Thanks, jakatch! I think I've got a pretty good idea where this would fall. Very much appreciated! Don
     
  12. dgbjwc

    dgbjwc Well-Known Member

    Thank you all for your help on this bowl. Thought you'd like to know I've decided to keep it for awhile. I'm going to keep it with my fall decorations (such as they are) and put it on my parlor table from September until the Christmas decorations go up. It's just too unique not to save. Again, thank you everyone.
    Don
     
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  13. jakatch

    jakatch Active Member

    I would not be able to let it go!
     
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