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Subject:Satsuma vase
Posted By: Gil Tue, Sep 04, 2007 IP: 24.110.108.47 I have an old Satsuma vase. It's about 4 feet tall. I am interested in finding a buyer and do not know where to start. I was hoping to obtain advise at this board since my wife and I tried to find a buyer a couple of years ago. We had one potential buyer offer us $300 for the vase. before we sold it, we did additional reseach and learned that this particular vase has a potential of $25,000 and we were getting scammed. When we confronted the potential buyer, he insited that the $300 was a fair price and then doubled his offer. that trigger even more alarms. Any thoughts? 
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Subject:Re: Satsuma vase
Posted By: PyroManiac Tue, Sep 04, 2007 Impossible to say more without any clear images of the vase in question.
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Subject:Re: Satsuma vase
Posted By: Stan Wed, Sep 05, 2007 Take it to a reputable auction house. They will give a verbal appraisal for free or a written one for a fee. You could always sell it through the auction house.
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Subject:Re: Re: Satsuma vase
Posted By: Stan Wed, Sep 05, 2007 My previous answer was a bit terse. Some auction houses will give an estimate by email/photo (Skinner in Boston, for example). If it is worth $25K then a house like Sotheby's would be happy to handle it. The house should be experienced in Asian art and have an Asian art specialist. Also, they should have a couple of auctions per year that concentrate on Asian art.
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