[Mccoypottery-talk] sentimental value

[Mark]

I understand completely. I've barely had these pieces for 24 hours, and I 
can't describe how much I've enjoyed just seeing them as I've passed by 
today. It reminds me so much of different periods of time in my childhood - 
staying the night at my grandparent's house and seeing these things 
literally my whole life (they were made in the 50's - I was born in '63) - 
not paying much attention to them at the time. My kids are teens. They say 
that they like them, but it's natural that they're not enjoying them in the 
same way that I am, now. Maybe one of my kids (or one of their kids) will 
have good memories of being with me, also, and see these things in the way 
that I'm seeing them now when I give it to them in 40 years :)

>....The hairline crack would be a problem for a serious collector, but not 
>for a family member. My wife would rather have her dad's chipped and 
>pit-marked Springwood vase than one I bought in mint condition, just 
>because of the connection. My mother won't let my dad refinish their 
>coffee table because the teethmarks on the corner are from one of my kids' 
>teething periods (and my youngest is 24).