Advice on Chips in Mulberry China Collecting

Video Transcript

"Talking about collecting mulberry and specifically about talking about condition. There is a huge difference in price when you go to collect these pieces when the conditions are not the best. Here is a really good example. This is a wonderful footed terrain and you can see one ear on the end is perfect and is really ornate. It is a beautiful compo out with a nice base to it but when you turn it over, the other side is missing half of the ear. So this makes a huge difference when you are going to buy and resell. These pieces can be restored and we can talk about that a little bit later but when you go to buy a piece like this, it is really relative to what you spent. You need to think about how much you are going to pay for a piece like this. It is a wonderful piece that we call a shelf piece but it does have damage. Here is one thing; it has a crack on it you can see here going through here and a chip on the base which affects the value of this piece. Even though it is a wonderful piece and it looks great on your shelf, you can see another crack here, unless you want to restore it and it doesn't retain the same value. It is something to think about."