Hi, some older article was written about ordering vintage teapots from
eaby from this store http://stores.ebay.com/5000friend

So I ordered two teapots - the seller was fine, the shipment was pretty
expensive, but I got the pots in about 4 days (and they were shipped
from china). Also I changed my mind and asked to exchange one pot for
another with the same price before they were shipped, and it was done
without any problems.

http://cgi.ebay.com/5000friend-New-Y...QQcmdZViewItem
This was a new pot. The quality is ok, slightly above average, but it
is the cheapest pot with price 15 USD (or 9,90 in auction). It came
with certificate and in a gift box.
I do not use it, beacuse it will be a gift for a friend.

http://cgi.ebay.com/5000friend-Attra...QQcmdZViewItem
This is a second pot, it should be made in Qing dynasty (before 1911).
It FEELS right. After careful examination, I found some marks that say,
that this pot can be real - as it is said on Hou De Fine Asian Art shop
(http://www.houdeasianart.com) the pot have some marks of hand-made
pots, especially the hand made joint line
http://www.houdeasianart.com/images/HandlineZhuNi.jpg (this picture is
not of my pot) and the lid have also handworking joint line like this
one http://www.houdeasianart.com/images/lidhandline.jpg
The pot was pretty dirty, and since I decided to use it for pu-erh, I
cleaned. Photos of cleaning (before and after) you can find here
http://fotky.azet.sk/jsAlbum.phtml?i...5&al=21216 30
- since I wanted to drink from a pot I decided not to use any
chemicals, only hot water, toothbrush and baking soda was used in
cleaning process.
The pot is single-hole, has beatufil sound, the lid fits well.

Excellent, thank you for posting. I've been considering buying
something from this vendor myself. SURELY those pots can't be Qing
Dynasty, though, no matter how pleasant they are?


Toodlepip,

Hobbes

HobbesOxon napísal(a):
Excellent, thank you for posting. I've been considering buying
something from this vendor myself. SURELY those pots can't be Qing
Dynasty, though, no matter how pleasant they are?

Since I really liked the ones I got, I also ordered one more expensive
(200 USD), I will receive it in about ten days. I will let you know
about this one, too.

And certainly the old one CAN be old. It feels and smells old. As I
wrote, it has a certain signs of a hand-made pot.

Superb, I look forward to hearing your experiences with the next pot!
How did you clean the ones in the photos? It looks like a good job.

Regarding the vintage, I'm more wondering just based on the price
alone. No matter how sexy that pot is, how likely is it that you're
holding a piece of Chinese Qing history for the low price of $50?
Maybe I'm too skeptical, but, given the rarity of even early-PRC
pottery courtesy of decades of revolution (inter- and intra-national),
the prospect of a Qing piece going for $50 suuuurely has to be too good
to be true.

Of course, if I'm wrong, then this is the deal of the month - and I'd
be happy to be wrong.


Toodlepip,

Hobbes

Regarding the vintage, I'm more wondering just based on the price
alone. No matter how sexy that pot is, how likely is it that you're
holding a piece of Chinese Qing history for the low price of $50?
Maybe I'm too skeptical, but, given the rarity of even early-PRC
pottery courtesy of decades of revolution (inter- and intra-national),
the prospect of a Qing piece going for $50 suuuurely has to be too good
to be true.

Actually, I believe, that it maybe can be true.
I live in Slovakia (it explains my english grammar :-) - and a short
history. Slovakia lies in the center of Europe. After World War Two it
was attached to the communist empire of Russia (or Soviet Union, as it
was called), and so right until 1989 I live in socialism.
Then, after 1989 there was a Velvet revolution, the communism was
overthrown and the people established democracy.
Why do I write this ? Because by my opinion, the same process I lived
in goes in china right now.
The are big changes there, much more possibilities and people try to
live a modern lifeform. They throw away anything old and live by
western lifestyle.
The same process went here, after 1989 you could buy things people had
at home at awesome prices (I bought for example a latin book from year
1774 - Theologia Moralis, first print for USD 15). So if there is a
chance to buy a good priced vintage teapot, it is probably now.
On the other hand - if it is a fake, it is still a great fake, much
much better than the "original yixings" I can buy here, so it is worth
the money...

On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 03:37:00 -0500, Balt wrote:

HobbesOxon napísal(a):
Excellent, thank you for posting. I've been considering buying
something from this vendor myself. SURELY those pots can't be Qing
Dynasty, though, no matter how pleasant they are?

Since I really liked the ones I got, I also ordered one more expensive
(200 USD), I will receive it in about ten days.

Wonderful. Thanks for the site. and the brief note

I will let you know
about this one, too.

And certainly the old one CAN be old. It feels and smells old. As I
wrote, it has a certain signs of a hand-made pot.