rarriffle
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posted on October 15, 2003 01:19:47 PM new
no marks anywhere, but he looks familiar...can anybody recognize the maker?
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cta
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posted on October 15, 2003 01:27:19 PM new
Are there any ridges in the bottom of the cookie jar or is it perfectly flat?
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rarriffle
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posted on October 15, 2003 02:37:47 PM new
okay, here is the bottom.
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[ edited by rarriffle on Oct 15, 2003 02:42 PM ]
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AuctionAce
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posted on October 15, 2003 02:54:32 PM new
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3247419851&category=38142
Looks a little like this just listed cookie jar?
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cta
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posted on October 15, 2003 03:06:39 PM new
It looks like it could be a Brush-McCoy to me. But I've been know to make a few mistakes. I'm only human.
Check out this link...doesn't it look like yours?
http://www.rubylane.com/shops/seldoe/item/hippo
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rarriffle
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posted on October 15, 2003 04:14:26 PM new
cta, that looks exactly like the same one. I have emailed the seller to see if that one is marked or is in the books.
Auctionace, It also looks like the one you linked to. but mine has no markings anywhere, maybe a common mold.
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cta
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posted on October 15, 2003 04:16:05 PM new
Maybe you have a hidden treasure here! Good luck with it.
Lynne
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dadofstickboy
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posted on October 15, 2003 04:20:50 PM new
It's: Stan Laural
Of: Laurel & Hardy.
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max40
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posted on October 15, 2003 04:44:56 PM new
I found a reference to it. It's official name is Laughing Hippo. Unfortunately, there is no picture of it. Your picture of the base does indicate that it is a Brush McCoy jar. My book gives a $750.00 value, but that was when cookie jars were hot. You should do fine with it.
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AuctionAce
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posted on October 15, 2003 05:13:57 PM new
Website prices and price guide can be a tad misleading. I bought a Takahashi Tom Cat mug and saw it listed on a web site at $63. Couldn't sell it for $3.95 at ebay because there were several offered at the same price.
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Libra63
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posted on October 15, 2003 07:37:16 PM new
I found if you find something uncommon to your area and you do an eBay search everyone that has the same one will auction it. I am sure it would do better in a local market, that is if you have an auction house close by.
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rarriffle
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posted on October 16, 2003 02:09:57 AM new
Brush McCoy is not uncommon for our area, central Ohio here.
Before the McCoy factory closed (now I am showing my age again), they had a store where you could buy irregulars or seconds. After looking closely at the glazing, I think this may have come from there years ago.
Do you see on the dark circles of glaze on the bottom? this is where the glaze ran in little puddles (thicker there).
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horsey88
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posted on October 16, 2003 09:21:15 AM new
Book prices are like bad dreams,as soon as you awake they disappear.
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rarriffle
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posted on October 16, 2003 12:51:56 PM new
well, I spoke to the woman I purchased it from. It was purchased in Zanesville over 40 years ago for her grandmother. I also talked to my favorite antique dealer in town. he tells me this particular jar was not marked.
wish me luck with the auction next week!
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