Pottery & Porcelain

Royal Copenhagen Vase, ca. 1935

Appraisal: Royal Copenhagen Vase, ca. 1935

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GUEST: My parents bought it in North Carolina, mid-'70s. They were told it was Chinese. They were told it's old. None of us know how much to trust any of that information. And they said they probably paid, like, 60 bucks.

APPRAISER: Okay, now, have you had it appraised at all since then?

GUEST: No.

APPRAISER: And you got it from your parents because you liked it?

GUEST: Yeah, we grew up with it, it's cool, and yeah.

APPRAISER: Okay, great. Let me tell you, maybe sort of open some doors for you on this one. It's not Chinese, but here we have a mark that is Royal Copenhagen. So that's Danish pottery. We have an artist signature for Knud Kyhn, it's a stylized "KK," and it's dated in the 1930s. So what we have is a stoneware pot. Now, of course, this form goes back ultimately to some of the greatest potters in the world, the Chinese. But this one is definitely Danish. And you have these great colors, but also this wonderful giraffe motif, and that's a single running one here, and then one here. And probably acacia trees there. So it's just this beautiful mid-20th century piece. Have you thought about value or

anything?

GUEST: I couldn't guess.

APPRAISER: I think a good retail price for this piece by that artist is $3,000.

GUEST: Interesting.

APPRAISER: So it's really a nice piece, and it's a lot better than $60.

GUEST: It's a lot better than $60.

APPRAISER: Yeah.

APPRAISED VALUE (2016)

$3,000 Retail

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Fort Worth, TX

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