The matter of "tuition fee" teapots

by **williammimi70** » Apr 27th, '17, 06:07

Knowing nothing about yixing( as I only started collecting recently)
Being rather enthusiastic I have amassed quite a few of these tuition fee pots
I am posting these up so that newbies like myself can avoid making the same mistakes
First pot
Small egg size
Single hole

by **williammimi70** » Apr 27th, '17, 06:13

Second pot:
Small
Single hole
Mark : China Yixing

by **kuánglóng** » Apr 27th, '17, 06:47

Even though those cheaper pots don't seem to have much of a collectors value they actually might perform pretty decently as a brewing vessel - you'll never know until you try. Some of my cheaper pots give other pots that have cost me more than 15 times as much a serious run for their money in that regard and that's pretty much all I care for and what I bought them for in the first place - YMMV.

by **williammimi70** » Apr 27th, '17, 08:27

kuánglóng wrote: Even though those cheaper pots don't seem to have much of a collectors value they actually might perform pretty decently as a brewing vessel - you'll never know until you try. Some of my cheaper pots give other pots that have cost me more than 15 times as much a serious run for their money in that regard and that's pretty much all I care for and what I bought them for in the first place - YMMV.

Thank you for your kind encouragement. On my collector'spoint of view , I want to collect Yinxing teapots that were made from real yixing clay , on that perspective collecting Republic period teapots would seem to be a sensible thing to do . However I like to collect some Chinese taste teapots as well

by **victoria3** » Apr 27th, '17, 11:38

williammimi70 wrote:
kuánglóng wrote: Even though those cheaper pots don't seem to have much of a collectors value they actually might perform pretty decently as a brewing vessel - you'll never know until you try. Some of my cheaper pots give other pots that have cost me more than 15 times as much a serious run for their money in that regard and that's pretty much all I care for and what I bought them for in the first place - YMMV.
Thank you for your kind encouragement. On my collector'spoint of view , I want to collect Yinxing teapots that were made from real yixing clay , on that perspective collecting Republic period teapots would seem to be a sensible thing to do . However I like to collect some Chinese taste teapots as well

If you are ever in Brooklyn NY you might enjoy talking with the owner of the Orchid Tea House who has a large collection also; http://www.teatimemagazine.com/collecting-yixing-ware/

by **williammimi70** » Apr 27th, '17, 13:48

victoria3 wrote:
williammimi70 wrote:
kuánglóng wrote: Even though those cheaper pots don't seem to have much of a collectors value they actually might perform pretty decently as a brewing vessel - you'll never know until you try. Some of my cheaper pots give other pots that have cost me more than 15 times as much a serious run for their money in that regard and that's pretty much all I care for and what I bought them for in the first place - YMMV.
Thank you for your kind encouragement. On my collector'spoint of view , I want to collect Yinxing teapots that were made from real yixing clay , on that perspective collecting Republic period teapots would seem to be a sensible thing to do . However I like to collect some Chinese taste teapots as well
If you are ever in Brooklyn NY you might enjoy talking with the owner of the Orchid Tea House who has a large collection also; http://www.teatimemagazine.com/collecting-yixing-ware/

Thank you
Just been nosing around there
Very impressive
Once again thank you