Tips for Restoring Flow Blue China

Video Transcript

"When restoring flow blue, it can be very expensive so when you buy a piece it is good to keep in mind that a piece you are buying is worthy of restoration. In other words if you buy a teapot like this that will sell, in good condition any where between $350 and $60 for a teapot. So if you bought this like this which I haven't had it restored, it could cost you up to o$100 or $150. But looking at the teapot overall, you know that the teapot is worth more than a $100 or $150 so this is a good investment to restore. If you can find a teapot at a reasonable price. This is very typical for damage here. This is very easy to restore than having a pot that has lots of lines and cracks through the base and the bottom of the pot that will probably cost you more money to restore. The little chips are easier and the spout is easier to restore so that is something to keep in mind. When you are buying the cups, the cups can range when buying them from $50 to $150 so when there is major damage to these, I wouldn't necessarily recommend buying them to restore because by the time you restore them, you will have more money into them than retail will allow you to sell them. I prefer to buy these cups and saucers as close to mint condition as I can knowing that I am not going to spend any more money to restore them because you aren't going to get your money back for something like this. Simple small plates; I try to buy those in the best condition you can buy them because restoration is prohibited to because by the time you pay for the restoration, the plate isn't worth the combined price that you paid plus restoration. So that is something to consider. When you get into the teapots, the creams and the sugars, the larger pieces, then you can consider spending the money to have them restored but I highly recommend that you try to buy the smaller more common pieces in better shape and save the restorations for the big, more rare pieces."