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Over 10,000 antique marks and trademarks with superb quality images to illustrate examples of antique manufacturers products.

The antique marks site is your easy to use online reference for everything antique. It features detailed information on all kinds of pottery marks, porcelain marks, antiques and collectables including pottery & porcelain companies and carinf for rugs, carpets, silver and glass.

It includes antique marks, antique terms, a full antiques glossary and detailed history on well known companies and artist biographies.

But best of all .... Its all FREE, at your fingertips 24/7 and now includes two new sections. The antique auctions calendar and the free antique classifieds section to help you find and sell your antique items.

Antique collectors, buyers and sellers can now access a wealth of information on antique marks and antique makers, right at their fingertips.

The information can be accessed while they are creating their item description and a link to the relevant section can be provided to the potential buyer; to re-assure your customer that the antique you are selling is exactly what you say it is.

The antique marks website is ideal for any collector, buyer or seller who needs to research pottery or porcelain marks and who wants to provide the potential customer with as much information as possible, to allow them to make an educated and informed decision.

It is invaluable to the seller who is unsure of the maker or date of a piece or where to research the origins of quality antiques, and it can help prevent you selling valuable items for low, low prices.

No matter what antiques you buy, sell or collect - royal doulton or royal worcester figures, antique pottery vases, china, majolica, studio pottery, art deco, art nouveau, antique carpets, silver or any other range of items; antique marks with its antiques glossary and fully illustrated pottery and porcelain marks sections can help you make sure you know what antiques you are buying and also what antiques you are selling.

In addition we've included biographies of the main manufacturers and the best known and most collectable art deco, art nouveau and arts and crafts artists.

With detailed historical date lists for companies including royal doulton, sevres, royal worcester, mintons, wedgwood, meissen, royal crown derby, etc, etc and a breakdown of British registration numbers & dates as well as staffordshire knot mark intials.

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Antique Clocks for Sale.
Collecting and buying antique clocks provides an excellent investment and an immensely enjoyable pastime. Whether you prefer bracket clocks, wall clocks, the varied and interesting advertising clocks or the more traditional and highly desirable cuckoo clocks, carriage clocks or longcase clocks, there is something for every collector to enjoy.

Beware of antique fakes and forgeries.
Beware of reproductions and antique fakes & forgeries. They are out there and they will trap the unwary. Antique reproductions have a proper place in the antiques market but you should know the rules about passing off reproductions as genuine antiques and also get to know the questions you should ask.

Antiques come in all shapes and sizes and from many different periods
Knowing when is as important as knowing what. A good knowledge of antique periods is a must. Get answers to simple questions like - When was the rococo period? What dates did arts and crafts cover? Was regency in the 17th or 18th century?

Tin glaze ceramics; the first and the most collectable.
It was the first white pottery manufactured in England and was immensely popular because it resembled Chinese porcelain, which was very, very expensive. Only the wealthy could afford it then and, maybe, things haven't changed that much.

Build your own antiques internet auction business.
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Antique marks can't tell you everything but they can tell you a lot.
You might wonder when watching the experts at antique road-shows just how they can work out so much about a teacup or platter simply by turning it upside down. The fact is the markings that are stamped, painted or impressed on the underside of most antique items can tell you a great deal more about a piece than just it's maker.

Ten top tips for buying antiques
Memorise them and never present yourself as an amateur buyer

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For all types of antiques including pottery and porcelain, antique glass, furniture and artwork at the best possible prices. Special featured items and ebay listings included with bid or buy it now options.

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