I am hoping for some tea ware guidance
I paid a visit to my favorite used good store that brings in stuff from Japan. They bring in huge shipping containers filled with an assortment of things... mostly used but sometimes bulk items from shops that have closed out or things that they may have won at a bulk auction.
I wasn't expecting to find anything new as I had just been there a week ago. But then... my friend calls out "Hey Teabagger... aren't these the kind of teapots you are always reading up on and ogling on-line?"
And sure enough there it was, stacked higher up than where I would usually care to look, a whole milk crate of Chinese clay tea ware. I'm ignorant about tea ware imitations, clay quality, and the like... so I'm sure I shouldn't have gotten excited yet but dagnabit I got excited and that's the truth!
I walked over to the shopkeep as calmly as I could and, with a rather pinched look of this-better-not-be-expensive-or-I-wont-buy-anything, I asked "how much If I get one pot of each kind and this saucer of cups?"
store owner replies "care to buy the whole crate? I'll give you a nice discount."
I go, "nah... I'll take these first and then I'll think about getting the rest if it's worth it AND if you give me a good discount on these that I'm getting. Plus I get a freebie for bringing friends over yeah?"
I walked away with 20 cups, 16 stainless steel strainers (LoL-she gave them for free on top of my freebie) & 8 teapots, mostly 100mL (edited) ones... with the biggest being 200mL. All for converted cost of USD16
I'd be lying if I said I didn't get my hopes up that what I scored were decent pots... but I'm much more at peace now with the fact that it's unlikely that I did.
Nonetheless, I'm hoping I could trouble our esteemed forum members to give me an education about the teapots I found. I'm not expecting for anyone to tell me I've won the tea ware lottery, though that would be nice.
Any and all input is appreciated. $16 is a cheap price to pay for a lesson on what to NEVER again buy but if they turn out to be decent pots... there is still a crate of pots with my name on it I have a group shot attached and a detailed photo of one of the pots. I'll take more photos tomorrow morning when lighting is better
And please do let me know what info I need to volunteer for you guys to get a better analysis on the pots, I still really know diddly though I'm reading as much as I can on Teachat
Thanking everyone ever so kindly in advance.
Nooboob,
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it was in almost new condition!