[View Our Listings] Like Nippon, Occupied Japanese objects are increasingly growing in value and collectibles, and more dealers are scrambling to provide these items to their buyers. Identification is simple...
Guide To Noritake China Prior to the end of the 19th century, Japan practiced an extreme form of isolationism. They did not import or export products. However, responding to western pressure, Japan...
Hi, My name Is Jay Kerch, and I am a major seller of vintage dog figurines with a specialty of made in Japan dogs. Before and after world war two, Japan was the main source of inexpensive decorative arts just...
98 unique and unusual descriptive words like ACANTHUS, BOBECHES, CLOISONNE, EPERGNE, FAIENCE, GIRANDOLE, LUSTERWARE, MORIAGE, PIPKIN, REPOUSSE, TAFFETA, VERDIGRIS, ect.If you find these to be helpful, kindly...
This is the another addition of the many guides that we, Replacements, LTD, will be posting to provide some interesting information on several famous tableware companies. This one will be about the very...
Some tips on dating vintage commercial perfume bottles: Do you have a vintage perfume and need help in figuring out how old it may be? Simply knowing when your perfume first came out can be a huge help. I...
Guide to the Eras of Christmas There are so many wonderful areas for collecting in Christmas and almost everyone remembers some favorite ornament or some treasured display that their parents or...
Here are some ways you can tell the age of your piece The Mckinley Tarriff act of 1891 required that the name of the country where the ceramic was originally made must be printed on each piece, sometimes...
As a buyer and seller of dog figurines on ebay for several years now, people are always asking my advice on how to know whether the dogs they see are a good value, or made by the company advertised. In...
The first pieces of porcelain I started collecting over 20 years ago were those with the Blue Willow pattern. From there I discovered the Blue Phoenix or "Flying Turkey" pattern. This guide is a summary of...