Pricey Pieces
Though many pieces of undecorated Marblehead Pottery bring one or two hundred dollars on eBay, decorated pieces may sell at auction for many thousands of dollars. The items documented below each had a reported sale price (including buyer’s premium) of more than $5000. It should be recognized that condition may be less than perfect in some of the most uncommon pieces. The prices listed for seemingly similar pieces are often divergent because of variations in the condition of each piece.
Rago 9/20/07 $45,000
Rago 3/8/08 $22,800
Rago 9/20/2007 $13,200
Rago 3/20/2008 $72,000, Rago 1999 $38,000, Rago 1991 $5,500
Rago 4/24/2010 $9,760
Rago, 9/20/2008 $27,600
Treadway 5/6/2005 $15,000
Treadway-Toomey 12/2/2007 $12,000
Rago 1/2002 $10,350
Rago 5/2002 $20,700
Rago 10/2011 $6,820
Christie's 12/2010 $5,250
eBay 8/24/2011 $12,989
eBay 11/15/2016 $11,400
Rago 6/20/2008 $27,600
Rago 3/2/2013 $32,600
Rago 10/2011 $14,360
Royka's 2005 $12,760
Jackson's Auction 4/13/2010 $14,400
Rago 10/1/2010 $132,000
James Julia 2/4/2011 $86,250
Rago 3/20/2006 $66,000
Rago 3/20/2008 $114,000
Sotheby's 12/15/2006 $90,000
Sotheby's NY 12/9/2005 $102,000
Rago 3/2006 $25,200
Rago 9/2007 $15,600
Rago 9/2006 $33,600
Rago 4/24/2010 $61,000
Skinner 12/10/2005 $11,750
Rago 9/27/2008 $16,000
Sotheby's NY 12/15/2011 $68,500
Sotheby's NY 12/15/2011 $28,125
Rago 10/18/2014 $17,000
eBay 123/15/2011 $5,995
eBay 1/30/2012 $14,000
Skinner 12/10/2005 $6,463
Treadway 5/6/2007 $5,500
Beane's Antiques & Photography 5/20/2007 $6,800
Craftsman Auctions 3/11/2006 $7,500
Craftsman Auctions 9/16/2006 $6,500
Skinner 5/10/2003 $7,050
Treadway 12/7/2008 $6,500
Treadway 12/6/2009
Treadway 12/4/ 2005 $6,000
Skinner 12/11/2004 $5,875
Rago 3/2008 $21,600
Craftsman 9/27/2008 $5,000
Skinner 5/10/2003 $7,050
Craftsman 3/11/2006 $7,500
Craftsman 9/16/2006 $6,000
Craftsman 9/16/2006 $6,000
Craftsman 9/29/2007 $5,000
Christie's 12/10/2002 $10,158
Sotheby's 12/15/2011 No sale
Christie's 6/13/2002 $50,190
Rago 1/16/2010 $5,500
Rago 9/2007 $8,400
Rago 3/1/2014 $15,860