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Roseville Pottery Top 10 Patterns - JustArtPottery.com

Greg Myroth — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:19:10 -0700

The top ten most searched Roseville Pottery Patterns on JustArtPottery.com for June 2009 are below:

Other notable Roseville patterns just outside the top ten include Fuchsia, Baneda and Snowberry.

Greg Myroth
7/8/09

Record Sale Price for Newcomb Pottery Vase

Greg Myroth — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:49:36 -0700

Nola.com reports that on June 27, 2009 Neal Auction obtained a world record price for a 1904 Newcomb College high glaze pottery vase. The vase is 13" tall and decorated with incised design of jackmanii climbing clematis in blue, green and yellow underglaze by Maria de Hoa LeBlanc. The pre-sale estimated price for the vase was between $35,000 to $50,000. The final selling price including the buyer's premium was an amazing $169,200. The previous record sale price for a Newcomb College vase was $108,400 in 2006.

The auction house noted "LeBlanc's vase is an outstanding example of Newcomb pottery for several reasons, including the large size, the unusual and deeply carved climbing clematis motif and a flawless, high-gloss glaze." Photo from Nola.com and Neal Auction.

Social Media - Just Art Pottery

Greg Myroth — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:04:39 -0700

After much encouragement we are finally started to use social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter. So if you are a member of either or are interested in joining see the links below to follow us on Twitter and become of fans of Just Art Pottery and Roseville Pottery on Facebook.

We intend to the use the social media sites to better connect with collectors and to update customers on special sales and new additions to our inventory. We will also provide additional information related to art pottery.

Join the Just Art Pottery Facebook Fan Page

Greg Myroth

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Roseville Pottery - Shape Number and Pattern Index Pages

Greg Myroth — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:06:34 -0700

We often get questions from Roseville pottery collectors trying to identify a pattern name by the shape number on the bottom of their vase. We now have an online resource to provide some assistance to Roseville collectors in matching up shape numbers with a pattern name.

It is definitely still a work in progress, but collectors can now browse the majority of the documented shape numbers for each Roseville pattern. Look here for the index of shape numbers for Roseville pottery patterns.

To review Roseville pottery marks, in 1936, Roseville began using a die-impressed Roseville and the corresponding shape number and size in script. For example Roseville 747-10 would refer to a Roseville Pinecone vase that would be approximately 10" in height.

Beginning in 1940, the pottery started marking pieces with a raised Roseville USA mark along with the corresponding shape number and size. Earlier middle period Roseville produced between 1927 and 1935 would have been marked with only paper or foil labels and sometimes with the corresponding shape number and size in red or black crayon.

Additional Roseville Pottery Resources:

Shop for Roseville Pottery
Roseville Pottery Marks

Greg Myroth - JustArtPottery.com
6/19/09

Roseville Pottery Auction

Greg Myroth — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:33:43 -0700

I recently attended a large Roseville Pottery live auction in Indiana and was pleasantly surprised to see that prices seemed strong across the board for a wide variety of patterns. The auction contained many, many damaged and repaired pieces and mostly later floral patterns such as Apple Blossom, Silhouette, Magnolia, Bittersweet, etc. The number of higher quality, middle period Roseville patterns was limited. Still the auction was well attended and prices remained strong throughout the day.

A few of the auction results for mint condition pieces are noted below:

Roseville Silhouette Red 710-10" Basket, $400
Roseville Silhouette Green 709-8" Basket, $320
Roseville Bittersweet Grey 886-12" Vase, $275
Roseville Silhouette Red 729-12" Bowl, $230
Roseville Pinecone Green Hanging Basket, $400
Roseville Artwood 1052-8" Yellow Double Vase, $150
Roseville Pinecone Blue 632-5" Jardiniere $400
Roseville Pinecone Blue 712-12" Vase $1025
Roseville Zephyr Lily Blue 393-7" Basket, $175
Roseville Snowberry Blue 1BK-8" Basket, $200

Greg Myroth - JustArtPottery.com
6/16/09

McCoy Pottery Collectors 2009 Convention

Greg Myroth — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:44:01 -0700

The McCoy Pottery Collectors annual convention will be held July 12-18, 2009 in Zanesville, Ohio during Pottery Lovers Week. The 2009 convention theme is "McCoy Goes Green". Attendees are invited to bring pieces to include in the display from the following makers: J.W. McCoy, Brush-McCoy, or Nelson McCoy.

Other events and displays during the convention will include:

Show and Tell display of authentic, rare and unusual McCoy pottery.
McCoy fruit wall pockets
"McCoy Makes History" display featuring pieces with connection to some historical person, item or event.
In room selling of J.W. McCoy, Nelson McCoy, and Brush McCoy Pottery throughout the convention

The convention headquarters hotel will be the Comfort Inn located at 500 Monroe Street in Zanesville.
For more information on the 2009 Convention, please visit the McCoy Pottery Collectors Society website.

Greg Myroth - McCoy Pottery

American Art Pottery Association 2009 Convention

Greg Myroth — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:28:40 -0700

The annual American Art Pottery Association convention will take place April 22-26, 2009 at the Sheraton Bucks County Hotel in Langhorne, PA. The convention includes an art pottery auction; two day pottery show and sale on April 25-26 consisting of 1000s of examples of American and European pottery including both antique and contemporary studio makers; as well as seminars, booth chats, and bus tours. The show and sale will also present an opportunity to view the Two Red Roses Foundation collection of arts and crafts pottery.

This year's seminars will include:

an overview of the Two Red Roses Foundation's collection;
Arts and Crafts Pottery: What's In A Name" at the annual banquet on April 22, 2009;
Tile creations of William Grueby by Suzanne Perrault;
and Paul Katrich, Scott Draves, Eric Olson and Chris Powell on contemporary pottery.

Two bus tours are also offered as part of the Convention activities. The tours include:

Craftsman Farms, Gustav Stickley's home on April 22, 2009
Philadelphia Museum of Art for a viewing of the Gordon collection of Rookwood Pottery.

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Roseville Pottery - Shop By Pattern

Greg Myroth — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:45:51 -0800

Now Roseville Pottery collectors can shop Just Art Pottery for their favorite pattern without having to browse through patterns you may not be interested in. Links to the new categories are below. We have maintained the same grouping for patterns A-E, F-L, M-R and S-Z but if you go to the pattern name you will find specific categories for every Roseville Pottery pattern.

Roseville Pottery Patterns A-E
Roseville Pottery Patterns F-L
Roseville Pottery Patterns M-R
Roseville Pottery Patterns S-Z

Greg Myroth
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Roseville Pottery - Pinecone Modern

Greg Myroth — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:35:45 -0800

The Pinecone Modern pattern was introduced by Roseville Pottery in 1953. The pattern included 51 shapes including baskets, bowls, planters, vases, ect. The easiest way to identify the Roseville Pinecone Modern pattern is by the shape number. All Pinecone Modern pieces are in the 400 series. Roseville chose to renumber the Pinecone Modern pattern even though numerous shapes were reissues from the identical, original Roseville Pinecone line introduced in 1935.

Most Pinecone collectors actively seek the 400 series Modern pieces with the same level of interest as original Pinecone. In fact, many collectors find the green version of Pinecone Modern more attractive than the original green pinecone primarly because of more vivid coloring and less glaze runs and drips with the later version.

Due to the short period of production for Pinecone Modern, many of the 400 series shapes are harder to find that the original forms. Roseville produced Pinecone Modern from 1953 until the factory was sold in the summer of 1954.

Pinecone Modern is marked with the raised molded Roseville USA mark and with the shape number and size. Some examples are also marked with a die-impressed or raised "Pine Cone". Examples of some of the variations of bottom marks are shown below.

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Shop for Roseville Pinecone
Roseville Pott ery Marks