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May 18, 2012
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WGP Spotted (16) – “Location Location Location” TV Show March 2012 – Wowie Zowie

Location Location Location (Series 14, episode 17 (which you can see here)) was based in Manchester and featured a fleeting glimpse of Wowie Zowie, our favorite retro shop and not just because they buy West German Pottery from us. They stock a wide range of quality mid century, retro and vintage bits and pieces.

Location Location Location Wowie Zowie Retro Vintage West German Fat Lava Chorlton

Still from: Location Location Location TV Show - Wowie Zowie Retro Vintage West German Fat Lava Shop

You can just about make out a Scheurich Wein Series vase in the left hand window, the same form (Number 427) is shown below.

May 2, 2012
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West German Pottery – Price Trends – April 2012

Sale prices on eBay have been analysed to evaluate West German Pottery price trends. The aim is to monitor the changing value of Fat Lava pottery through analysis of UK eBay sales. The intention is that this will provide a barometer for the popularity/desirability of Fat Lava items.

There has been an upturn in sale prices during April 2012. Average sales prices have increased to £14.70 (previous month £9.96). The top 20% most expensive Fat Lava items average sale price was £49.87 nearly twice that of the previous month (£25.17).

To see more detail on how the values are calculated click here.

April 30, 2012
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WGP Spotted (15) – “Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is” TV Show – Series 6, Episode 17

West German pottery featured recently on the BBC TV show “Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is”. This programme has two antiques dealers going head to head buying items at a car boot sale and then trying to sell them to make a profit for their chosen charity. This episode broadcast in April 2012 (Series 6, Episode 17) featured a West German vase and two West German ceiling lights.

The items were sold to Stuart at Bygone Times in Chorley who deals in West German ceramics.

You can see more about Stuart’s great fat lava stall here at littleowlski (run by one half of pots).

By chance in the same episode they also visit a retro styled apartment where there are a selection of West German Vases (front Bay 66-25, back left Scheurich 553 or 517, back right Scheurich 517-30)

April 9, 2012
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West German Pottery – Price Trends – March 2012

Sale prices on eBay have been investigated to look at West German Pottery price trends. The aim is to monitor the changing value of Fat Lava pottery through analysis of UK eBay sales. The intention is that this will provide a barometer for the popularity/desirability of Fat Lava items.

March 2012 has seen a slight fall compared with the previous month. The average sales price was £9.96 (previous month £12.01). The top 20% most expensive Fat Lava items average sale price was £25.17 (previous month £27.61). These are the lowest sale values since monitoring started 7 months earlier.

A plant pot, the same as the one shown below was the highest priced selling item within the sample taken.

Carstens 7098-18 Plant Pot West German

To see more detail on how the values are calculated click here.

March 27, 2012
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Practical Use (5) – Plant Pots

Most West German pottery companies made Plant Plots and today they can be found in all shapes and sizes. Some stand out as clearly retro in design but a surprising number would not look out of place alongside modern ranges. We have a collection of cacti that enjoy our West German plant pots and at the moment we also have amaryllis bulbs too which we get at Christmas each year but then always seem to take an age to get growing. The plants and plant pots have even spread out the house to our places of work! A selection of photos of some of our plants (in West German plant pots) are shown below.

A new gallery area has been added to the Pots and Pots website featuring over 75 Fat Lava plant pots (click here) as well as a page showing how to identify the different plant pot manufacturers (click here).