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<p>[QUOTE="Classic_Vintage, post: 9420796, member: 80784"]Everyone, </p><p><br /></p><p>I have this ceramic figurine that I’m looking to sell it but before doing it, I’d like to find as much as information that I could about it. </p><p><br /></p><p>what I know is that this figurine was purchased by my mum when I was a wee lad (30 years ago or so). My mum called it, “British statue”. It was on display in the house for sometimes until one day my mum put it away in the storage room. My mum purchased it from overseas using the US dollars (how much I don’t know and no one knows, My mum has recently passed away). </p><p><br /></p><p>Looking at the figurine, I don’t think it’s British at all due to its costume. I’ve been using google and even contacted World auction gallery for an appraisal and they couldn’t determine the value and the origin. </p><p><br /></p><p>I’ve examined the figure and there was no artist’s name or even the character’s name. </p><p><br /></p><p>All I could speculate is that the character is modelled after a Spanish conquistador yet I don’t see a cross anywhere on the figurine. However, while I’m doing a detective’s work to find as much as information about this figurine so I could sell it, I called it, “El Amigo” just for the fun of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I ask any kind soul here to help me to share with me of their thoughts and their knowledge so I can learn more about “el amigo”, please. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some photos of “el amigo” in horizontal angles.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Classic_Vintage, post: 9420796, member: 80784"]Everyone, I have this ceramic figurine that I’m looking to sell it but before doing it, I’d like to find as much as information that I could about it. what I know is that this figurine was purchased by my mum when I was a wee lad (30 years ago or so). My mum called it, “British statue”. It was on display in the house for sometimes until one day my mum put it away in the storage room. My mum purchased it from overseas using the US dollars (how much I don’t know and no one knows, My mum has recently passed away). Looking at the figurine, I don’t think it’s British at all due to its costume. I’ve been using google and even contacted World auction gallery for an appraisal and they couldn’t determine the value and the origin. I’ve examined the figure and there was no artist’s name or even the character’s name. All I could speculate is that the character is modelled after a Spanish conquistador yet I don’t see a cross anywhere on the figurine. However, while I’m doing a detective’s work to find as much as information about this figurine so I could sell it, I called it, “El Amigo” just for the fun of it. So, I ask any kind soul here to help me to share with me of their thoughts and their knowledge so I can learn more about “el amigo”, please. Here are some photos of “el amigo” in horizontal angles.[/QUOTE]
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