This weekend's hunt

[cathy morbitzer]

Lee, I have both the wagon wheel and the shell planter. I'm curious as 
to how much you paid for them?
I bought mine about 10 years ago for about $5 a piece
Cathy in Texas

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>BTW, this is Lee in NC.
>
>Hope everyone had a great weekend "hunting".
>Guess I'll have to catch my breath next
>weekend as I'll be at the beach for a week
>of fishing (3rd week in Oct. ritual). 
>Brought home 9 pieces on Sat. but there's two
>I hope some of you can help with.
>
>The first is a log planter.  Had to look
>long and hard before my wife found the McCoy
>signature.  On the lower left corner of one
>side was "USA", but on the lower right
>corner was McCoy.  Both were in very small
>print - less than a 1/4" even though the
>planter is 8" long.  I found a log planter
>in the Huxford book, but I don't think
>they're the same.  It doesn't have the wagon
>wheel as in the Huxford picture. The
>following items are part of the mold: a
>chain that appears to wrap around the log; a
>two man cross-cut saw on one side; and an ax
>on the other side.  Almost past this item up
>thinking it was unmarked.  Found another
>planter at the auction on Sat. night, but
>recognized it from Huxford.  It's the two
>shell green planter.  Its mark is also less
>than 1/4" and the small c in McCoy is almost
>invisable.
>
>The second and most interesting (to me) item
>>from this week end is a small (4"-5") blue
>vase.  It is only marked USA, but I believe
>it to be Brush, since the S is larger than
>the U & A.  I think it was here than someone
>said that was a Brush characteristic.  The
>interesting thing about it is that the USA
>is backwards.  A reversed mold? Can anyone
>shed any light on this.  Was it a "mistake"?,
>would the mold continue to be used?. Have I
>found a "real" treasure?  Saw a piece on
>ebay last week that had a reverse McCoy and
>it was being "sold" as a unique piece. 
>Either way - I like it and I didn't miss a
>meal due to the price.
>
>You know - it's nice to find a piece that
>the "books" list a higher value than was
>paid, but values really don't concern me
>that much.  I buy McCoy because I just love
>to look at it.  We have nearly 100 pieces
>displayed in our den and sometimes I just
>love to imagine the stories each piece could
>tell.  Especially the 40-50 year old pieces.
>Who ate cookies from that jar? - was that
>planter sent to someone in the hospital -
>was this piece a gift to someone that stuck
>it back for 40 years until their child or
>grandchild decided to clean up?  And as much
>as I like some of the unusal pieces, I can't
>possibly imagine why anyone would have ever
>bought something like that new - was it a
>"joke".  
>
>Well guess I've babbled on enough for one
>night.  In case you haven't noticed I'm 
>obcessed with old pottery - especially McCoy.
>
>I'm serious about everyone coming to Selma
>and let's have a get together.
>
>Lee in NC
>
>


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