Hello Everyone,
I would like to ask you if is it better to fix the pottery/ceramic items /cracks, missing colour, etc./ if you want to sell it or is it better to leave the item as it is and leave decision on the buyer. My point is, where the profit should be higher in general?
a) crack + fix = higher price
b) cracked = lower price, but no fix
Thank you.
If you are repairing for yourself,, by all means go ahead !! I have done the same !! If you do ever decide to sell it Just explain to the buyers and let it bring what it will !!
I usually either give mine away or donate to thrift store !!
A cracked vase or pottery can be touched up for your own use with some acrylic paint !! Clear nail polish over the paint restores the shine if its a glazed one !! There are a few other tips if you need them !
Thank you. Would you like to be my personal Antique assistant? I think I need one :-)))
I am only starting my collection carrier and this restoration thing came up to me as a “big problem”.
I mean, if an artist created something and the thing was travelling more than 100 yrs around the world, has got some punches, the four basic elements made their touch on it, however the thing look like – it is a genuine piece of art ‘as-is’, untouched artistically by other human hand.
If something is restored, in my eyes it is not an honest, genuine piece of art – it is a mix of an old master and the recent restorer. /I am a black and white person, grey doesn’t work for me :-)/
I think, the ‘put broken elements together’ I could accept. It is nicer to have in collection let say a complete glued vase than four pieces of it laying on the table. But, if a vase has only some cracks or missing colour, but it is still a complete shape of the vase – in my opinion, it shouldn’t be touched. No additional clay, no extra colour – no mix of more artists.
This is my feel for art, my opinion but there is a world of Antiques – collectors, appraisers, dealers, experts, etc. and in this Antique world the values can be different than my personal look at Antique collecting. It is why I call it a ‘big problem’, I have to learn how the Antiques Value works.