Cottees Poole Pottery Auction

sold for £750 despite the restoration and not one of Guy's best.
The auction was very badly run by people who know little about Poole pottery imo
A vase that was designed and decorated by Tony Morris sold for £220 because it was advertised as an Alan White vase

https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/cottees-auctions-limited/catalogue-id-srcott10327/lot-dbd3e716-dafb-432a-9a29-adc200bda9d1

some very rough Gs pieces this time and a few unusual pieces that I'll be bidding on

Well this is why I follow this type of potter as there are things here I've never seen before

first time I have seen a Benfield pot listed as Gs at Cottees
John has contacted them to point out the error

lot 29, the listing and estimate has been changed on the Cottees and Easylive sites but not on the saleroom.

the estimate is still wrong, I have bought Gs Rocco for £100-£150 on many of their Poole auction days

Is this just GS - or Poole auction. Only x40 lots?

No, if you go to the Cottees website or Easylive there are 320 lots although not all the photos are available yet. The sale includes a lot of Anita Harris Studio pieces. I assume the rest of the catalogue will be on the-saleroom when all the pics are available. Not sure how much is of great interest though that depends on what you like/collect. However, not often likely to see a no. of rare G.S. pieces at one time

There have been some real bargains this morning, a lot of happy buyers at Cottees and some livid sellers

Hi Dantheman, Interesting that you note that there were bargains to be had in the Cottees sale, this seems to be reflected in a number of recent sales of collectors items across the board .Yes i expect that there will be some livid sellers and this is partly the blame of auctioneers encouraging vendors to accept lower reserves ,which is ok in a more buoyant market but at the moment a bit dodgy.

I think your local auction house is a better bet for pottery, I would pick Gaze auction house over most.

Hi, We have been going to Gaze's for around 35 years , when we were in the trade it was on the route of our regular runs around East Anglia, This saleroom doesn't get the volume of high quality items that it had in the past, which were mainly old clearances. Gaze's is a bit of an old fashioned saleroom (not a bad thing) and the odd bargain can be picked up there. There are two or three 'design' sales per year and prices are normally pretty reasonable.

Where are the sale prices?

https://www.cottees.co.uk/catalogue/E0315D371870BBF7D49D8A3BC800657F/9B1FDFADBCFBACC4DAB7CA2AB83DBD43/poole-pottery-auction-to-include-a-large-private-collection/?action=1&sort=lotno

Cottees tend to keep the results private after the auction ends, I checked while it was still live

FFS!

Edit: I'm writing to my MP right now!

it's been like that for years, they probably signed up with one of those sites where you pay for the sale results

The first mermaid sold for over a grand lot 14
the repaired elfin type figure sold for around £280 lot 36
and the other perfect mermaid went  for £400 to a forum member lot 40

Cheers - was that hammer price? not inc

Yes HP

Some of the G.S. prices were lower than might have been expected but bear in mind that his terracotta pieces aren't everyones 'cup of tea'. I much prefer his glazed pieces and would pay much more for a good glazed vase, though I am very happy to won the mermaid at 400 hammer. The imp also had enough damage/firing faults to put off some bidders. Prices were generally quite strong and it seems that what I call 'modern Poole' has gone very trendy as prices were going stupidly high - they'll be on ebay soon. A no. of freeform also sold for far more than expected.

would you mind adding the mermaid to our Gs thread?

I'll put her on shortly, look at how he has modelled the ribcage.

Is it alright to say "nice a**e ".

yes he certainly had an eye for the ladies - The hair adds a lot to that little one

TY

he tirelessly studied the female form and was able to model it to a very high standard
especially the arse