An OLD bright red tea pot made in LA

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[Chong]

Can anyone guestimate the value of an old tea pot? It's bright red (chinese red?) and made by Hall in LA. It's in good condition - no chips. Photo coming soon.

On the bottom, there is a square stamp that says, "Hall's superior quality kitchenware" and it has a (low) number to the right of it.

Curious as to the value of it to help me decide whether to sell it or not to an antique dealer. I ran across this while going through my stuff getting ready for garage sale.

If you know something about this, I'd appreciate your opinion. If you are one of those "vanity police" people, I ask you kindly to refrain from condemning me for posting a vanity thread and "eating up the bandwidth, etc." and I will extend the same courtesy to you as well. Thanks!

[nmh]

Chong
Since Jun 8, 2001

Have you mistaken Free Republic for

Antiques Road Show?

[RedRover]

Free Republic and Antiques Roadshow have the same number of syllables

I'll be darned. You're right. I never noticed that before.

[Ditter]

"Made in LA" Does that mean it was made in Los Angeles or Louisiana?

[nmh]

http://www.antiquesroadshow-lcs.com/

[RedRover]

I'm out! This is too rich for my blood.

[Chong]

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[JennysCool]

Hey, this is in Chat -- a perfectly proper place for it.

There have been lots of these kind of threads, and they're usually pretty interesting.

[southernerwithanattitude]

could be Lower Alabama too.

[nmh]

Right you are!

My apology. I didn't notice that.

[JSteff]

I got one at Walmart for my kids to play with. I think I paid $4.99 with the matching cups and soccer's.

[Harpo Speaks]

I'm a little tea-pot
Short and stout
This is my handle
And this is my spout
And this is Zot
I was talking about.

[RegulatorCountry]

Old, bright, red and pot .... hmmm. Which of these words apply?

[kinoxi]

Just some fun on a thread that needed pics.

[Chong]

Oh I know this is not an antique show. Just thought I'd see how many out of 2-3 hundred thousand(??) posters could post something helpful other than the VERY OLD Zot comment and the usual boring variation thereof AND to see if anyone could make an educated guess of a sort. Oh well.

[stayathomemom]

And another!: http://www.goantiques.com/search/search_results.jsp?sitefrom=www.goantiques.com&wareHouseSearch=no&newSearch=yes&searchBox=yes&narrow=Hall+China+Red+Teapot&x=27&y=11

[RegulatorCountry]

You're the one who posted your query in breaking news, lol. Don't get all snippy.

[Chong]

Breaking News?? Hmmm, does Breaking News and Your Opinion/General Chat spell the same? WOW...

[alicewonders]

It would be easier to identify the teapot if the picture was taken from the side. This website here has a very thorough Hall Teapot Identification section - once you know the name of the pattern & the official color name, then you can do a search on it's value.

http://hallchinacollectors.com/_sgg/m4m7_1.htm

[stayathomemom]

I think there is one on ebay that looks like yours for a Buy it Now price of $349.00 http://cgi.ebay.com/Hall-Los-Angeles-Chinese-Red-Teapot_W0QQitemZ7420236429QQihZ016QQcategoryZ450QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting