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Another type of majolica that we haven't talked much about is sand majolica. This is you can
literally see the sand that is applied to the base of the piece of the majolica. It's
very distinct and very different you can find this in all kinds of forms, in forms of animals
and people and candle sticks, vases, pitchers, bowls, is one of those types of majolica samples.
Sand majolica was not really recognized as real majolica for a very long period of time.
People did not feel that the quality or the retail value was the same, it's gaining more
popularity today. I happen to buy a number of pieces from a collection, there's a woman
in our area who sold over thousand pieces of this she collected all her life. It went
to auction half of I think about 400 pieces went to a museum and the rest of the pieces
went to auction. And for the most part the very common pieces didn't bring a lot of money
it's a kind of majolica that you either like or you hate. This usually has a high relief
on it you can see the flowers here there's usually damage I mean 70% of the time you
see damage, in the flowers and in the three dimensional relief. So you can see it here
there's damage to the leaf here and here on the stems so this takes away from the piece.
A lot of chipping on the top and edges this little piece right here will be about $15,
it's not very expensive. For the age it's about the same age but it doesn't hold the
value the same way the other majolica does. Here's another example of high relief vase
not a functional vase with a very small top but roses and petals. And you can see that
there's damage on the petals the same pretty much standard sand majolica, sand relief on
a piece all the way around. They made it in vases and pitchers and a huge array of different
choices that you can find but you'll find that this sand majolica is less expensive
and more damaged, you'll find more damages on these pieces. So something to consider
when you're starting a collection the sand majolica is not going to hold the same retail
value as the rest of this majolica as you see on the table. So something to consider
when collecting majolica.