Kovels On Antiques & Collectibles February 2021 Newsletter Available

Kovels On Antiques & Collectibles newsletter is available as a print subscription, or as a digital version that is included in the Kovels Knowledge and Kovels All Access memberships. Start your Kovels Knowledge Free Trial now or login. Kovels’ February 2021 newsletter features railroad collectibles, antique mechanical banks, Fausto Melotti ceramics, old and new glass paperweights, and […]

Colorful Italian Ceramics Stand Out 

A rarely seen private Milanese collection of Fausto Melotti ceramics brought high prices at a Sotheby’s contemporary art auction in Milan, Italy. Prices ranged from more than $9,000 to $72,352 for  decorative ceramic pieces. Fausto Melotti (1901-1986) was an Italian sculptor, painter and poet and is acknowledged for his unique contribution to midcentury European Modernism. […]

Kovels On Antiques & Collectibles Vol. 47 No. 6 – February 2021

Railroad Collectibles … Coach Handbags … Fausto Melotti Ceramics … Vintage & New Glass Paperweights … Antique Mechanical Banks … On the Road at Design Miami … Marks with Hearts & Arrows … Collector’s Gallery … Prices    

Other Italian Designers

Many other Italian designers who have worked from the 1950s to the present have created pottery of exceptional quality. Ettore Sottsass began designing ceramics in 1956 and has made many ceramic pieces, including huge, colorful columns called totems. Fausto Melotti (1901-1986) made terra-cotta sculptures, tiles, and architectural panels, as well as commercial coffee sets, vases […]