Antique Iron Stone Collecting: Discoloration

Video Transcript

"We're going to talk a little bit about discoloration does effect the piece in buying and selling and actually just displaying so one thing to consider is how much discoloration a piece will show. Here's an example right here on the top of this cupboard you can see there's yellow discoloration on the inside. You find that you can see found anywhere on your pieces something to consider like here on the spout of this teapot you can see the yellow discoloration. Also around the rim of the gold band here you can see coloration there's not a lot on here but on the handle and this is pretty mild in when your talking about discoloration on a piece. Something to consider when your thinking about buying a piece and you want to try to figure out how much the piece should be and how much you should pay for it. The amount of discoloration has a huge affect on rather your going to pay a highest piece like this or a very lowest price considering how much discoloration is on here. This is pretty a clean pot right here but it does have some discoloration it gives you a little of an example I try as a shop owner not to buy pieces with lots of discoloration becauase I find in my experience that people do not want discolored pieces so that's something to think about when you go buy or consider resell."