Top 15 Amazing Finds: True Stories of Unexpected Treasures in Unlikely Places

Spring cleaning and thrift shopping can be pretty lucrative! We are not kidding. Over the years, we have loved sharing stories about how cleaning closets and basements and going to flea markets and thrift stores can uncover treasures. Some of our stories have included a teen who found a 1909 Marblehead Pottery piece at a […]

Record Price for Marblehead Pottery Vase

A record-setting price for the form of a c.1910  Marblehead vase was set at a Rago auction. The 6-inch-high vase with carved flowers is marked with the “MP” and ship symbol and “HT” on the bottom. It sold for $150,000.   Photo: Rago Arts and Auction Center

American Potters

Many small potteries were in operation in the United States in the late 1800s through mid-1900s. Potters often worked for several different potteries over the course of their careers, and some men founded more than one pottery. William A. Long founded three of these potteries and worked at two others not shown. Companies often used […]