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Blue Children? No, not some new kind of genetically modified offspring but a collectable that I had seen before but never paid much attention to or even heard it termed as such. Fact is, not a lot is known about this particularly distinctive brand of Royal Doulton pottery. Read more at www.WriteAntiques.com.

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Technorati Tags: Ceramics , Collecting , 20th century YOU’VE SEEN them at countless car boot sales, and you’ve been embarrassed when you’ve  asked the stallholder how much he wants for the naff set of NatWest piggy banks, the SylvaC bunnies or the preserve pots shaped like onions modelled with faces on the sides. Click here [...]

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by Christopher Proudlove© Ever eager to keep these columns current, I felt compelled to find something to do with Easter. Inspiration came following a local auction sale in which this trio of pottery Bunnykins figures were offered. In the event, they were knocked down for a staggering total of £2,810. If nothing else, the sale [...]

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Español | Deutsche | Français | Italiano | Português by Christopher Proudlove© It’s a long time since I watched a Punch and Judy show. It was probably 15 or 20 years ago on the prom with the young apprentices at Llandudno, North Wales. Happy days. I remember it well. We were on holiday and I [...]

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