"collectable" porcelain antiques, C ou D?

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Last week, I was walking thru the shopping mall, on the way to marks & spencer's, which leads past one of those shops which sells highly-priced porcelain ornaments. I usually look in the window, because, y'know, I do find these things distinctly odd in some way. There was a poster for a forthcoming item, which was a recreation, in porcelain, of Gustave Klimt's "the kiss" (or whatever it's called). I noticed it b/c I like Klimt pictures a lot. It appeared to be quite cleverly done, though you couldn't tell how big it was from the picture on the poster. The cost of this "limited edition" item was two thousand eight hundred and fifty pounds (just over five thousand us dollars). I was kind of flabbergasted. This is quite a lot of money by most people's standards. Questions which came to mind were:

1/when one can buy a "limited edition" packet of crisps or orange flavoured kit-kat chocolate bar, does this term have any actual meaning?

2/who the fukc can afford to lay out nearly three grand for such an item anyway?

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 14:02 (twenty-two years ago)

"antiques" AARGH this should read "ORNAMENTS"!!!!

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 14:04 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.lladro.com/index.html

― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 14:06 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.someonespecial.com/cgi-bin/someone/lladroklimt.html

― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 14:08 (twenty-two years ago)

The one in the pic was bottom left in teeny's second link.

4400 dollars seems like a deal compared to the price at the shop I saw it at!!

If they were really badass, they'd do the "medicine" or "jusrisprudence" ceiling murals haha

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 14:13 (twenty-two years ago)

there was a small entertaining bit on the Sopranos about Lladro figs, Carmela has some.

― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 14:15 (twenty-two years ago)

obv this is dud but do music mentalists have any room to talk? ;)

― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 14:16 (twenty-two years ago)

actually, as always, it's classic if it's other people's money.

― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 14:16 (twenty-two years ago)

obv this is dud but do music mentalists have any room to talk? ;)

Of course you are completely correct teeny, but good grief, that's VERY expensive for a non-functional item nevertheless!

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 14:18 (twenty-two years ago)

YOUR SECRET PRECIOUS MOMENTS SHAME

― Kingfish Cowboy (Kingfish), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 14:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Classic if you are selling them, and you get rewards for how much you sell!!!!

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 14:38 (twenty-two years ago)

WIth said rewards, I got my mom about 15 of these:

http://www.potter-beatrix.com/beswickpeterrabbit.jpg
http://www.potter-beatrix.com/beswickjemimabig.jpg

we are so twee!!!!

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 14:45 (twenty-two years ago)

i wonder if the reessurgance(sp) of craft will make high artists critically reevaulate this work.

― anthony, Tuesday, 16 March 2004 14:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Classic only so that anytime someone drops a box, you can say "be careful! That's my Hummel collection!"

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 16:27 (twenty-two years ago)

(Funniest words and expressions that are, presumably, only funny to you)

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 16:28 (twenty-two years ago)

there's lots of people willing to fork out loads of cash for so-called *limited edition* antiques. but it means little: it's what the market/people want. my parents buy 'n' sell noritake. you can buy this for next to nothing and in japan ask LOADS of money for it. which my parents do.

― jesus nathalie (nathalie), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 16:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Anthony's point is a good one. I look at this stuff, and often I can really admire the craft that's gone into making (or at the very least designing) it, but there's no way I'd want any of it in my home.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 16:40 (twenty-two years ago)

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