This Coalby the Cat cookie jar from McCoy brought $180.00 at auction!
Art pottery can bring great sales on eBay! Collectors browse the listings for those rare pieces or odd color variations, and will bid against one another with brutal competition to complete their collections. Here we have a recent example of a good art pottery sale from Auction Bay.
Here is a vintage Cookie Jar made by McCoy. This particular design is called Coalby the Cat, and this piece was in excellent condition, for certain. Bearing an easily identifiable maker’s mark on the underside and an unmistakable design, it was a snap to get this item the attention it deserved. As a standard auction, it started with a $9.99 initial price, and was bid on 18 times for a total sale of $180.00!
The key with pottery and with most items on eBay is identifying the maker and the design of an item. Pieces with maker’s marks on their undersides, or a distinctive pattern or shape can be highly sought-after. Unmarked pieces will be lost in the thousands of eBay listings, but any piece of pottery with the name McCoy, or Hall, or Hull, or Roseville maker’s marks can be big sellers. At Auction Bay, we’ll take the time to research each item you bring in and accurately identify it, thus giving it the greatest chance to garner attention and be bid upon. When we list an item, we make sure that all the bidders can find it, and when they do, our descriptions and photos let them bid with confidence.
