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Did UCAGO Quietly Become UC&GC in 1956?

I will make this quick. I spent too much time researching this Maker's mark, but the results are clear ...to me. I think I have uncovered something that has been mistakenly referred to for a half Century! ...well at least on the Internet. This Detective work was about trying to look up a silly ceramic figurine with a gold foil sticker sporting a poorly conceived logo. I clearly see a tiny "Ampersand" and read this as UC&GC, but only under magnification (remember this is very magnified). It is easy to see the confusion.       Here's the rub. Try googling UC&GC...

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Ponderings of a Vintage Dealer ...From “Back in the Day” to Now

Vintage? What is old is new again. Life Imitating Art. They don’t make ‘em like they used to. Clinging to these tropes defines the appeal of Vintage. As Artists, we know from experience that almost everything in daily Life is someone’s artistic creation. All the things we touch were once only a dream until Human hands made them real. Well, that “Human Hands” part maybe not-so-much these days, but "Vintage" is not just a handing-down of Stuff or Tradition. Instead, being a Vintage collector reflects upon an appreciation for the history of Mid-Century creative thought and Mid-Century talented hands. These things we hunt and collect and sell were built...

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It's A Mystery One-of-a-Kind!

GSaleHunter delights in uncovering kooky one-of-a-kinds and this one exceeds all expectations. The issue with selling OOAK (one-of-a-kinds) is that research is near impossible …I mean there has to be more than one in existence to get GoogleFu results. OK here it is in all it’s OOAK Glory At first glance it looks like a peacock head on an elephant body with a beaver tail, with some baskets and an ash tray on top. We guessed incense censer in first search, but that cigar ash tray type configuration is a shared design in antique oil lamps from the the Middle East and...

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For the Love of Vintage Research!

One of the fun things we love as part of our Journey is detailed research on newly acquired items. Properly describing items is a core part of maintaining GSaleHutner’s reputation as an Online Vintage Dealer, and in-depth research is the key to comparable Market pricing. Materials and Design, and the technology involved in manufacture of a piece are the bullet points in this task. Today it was a unique find, a smallish altar table. Is it Antique, a reproduction, or a Museum piece? We would hate to give away a Museum piece and worse we would damage our reputation to claim antiquity...

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