Christy's Auction, Indianapolis, Indiana

On the first day of July we spent the day at Christy's Auction in Indianapolis, Indiana. This large auction house has auctions every Wednesday, and is generally more of a liquidator than the usual places we attend. That is, much of their items appear to come from storage lockers or cleaning out property from foreclosed homes, with occasional estate-type purchases mixed in. This week they had a large selection of Muncie pottery that appeared to be the liquidation of a antique store booth as the pottery was labeled with prices. Mixed in were a few Burley Winter pieces (mislabeled as Muncie), some Brush pieces (once again, mislabeled), and a few McCoy Pottery pieces. We came home with just about everything, over 30 pieces in total.




1951 McCoy Archeture Planter

Although the grey Archeture pieces command a premium, we were happy to bring home these two fine examples of McCoy Pottery Archeture planters from 1951 in the more common green drip over yellow glaze. Free of any discernible damage, they cleaned up nicely with just some soap and water.

Tall 1951 McCoy Archeture Planter

We have found that these vintage McCoy Pottery planters in good shape are getting harder and harder to locate, although they were very plentiful just a few years ago. Both collectors and interior design specialists have been snapping them up so we expect prices for this line to increase as time goes on.

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