Post #16400 by fatuhiva on Sat, Dec 14, 2002 11:37 PM

hey its their money-

but im telling you, i know a production piece from a non-production when i see one. I know the bowl you are referring to, ive seen one in person, and this was not the real one. Just like you'll see tiki-bobs moldmade from ceramics classes from the 60's, you'll see bowls such as this. There's just a bunch of red flags on that piece in my opinion- i'd rathjer spend the $ on something known rather than an iffy one, but thats me.. its all in the eye of the beholder anyway.. it could be it actually was from restaraunt that had a home-studio guy doing their wares, like the tucson kon-tiki mugs, which are essentially made from molds at a local's house that were pulled from the kon-tiki hotel in phoenix mugs that were the actual true production mugs. however, those tucson mugs are marked, so they dont seem to count as "non restaurant ware" as much to me..

but i wouldnt have shelled $300 for that bowl- im glad there are people out there willing to do it though.