Item Categories:
West German Pottery (We currently have one of the best selections of
W. German pottery for sale in the U.S. plus essays and identification material.)

Art Pottery (As of this writing, we have Royal Lancastrian, a Michael Andersen dog, and an assortment
of other American and European art pottery.)

Studio Pottery (Some of these items appear in othr categories as well, but we
collected them here for those with a special interest in studio pottery.)

Porcelain and Pottery (This currently includes a great porcelain tea set, a very
early Spode Willow plate, and an Austrian vellum glaze vase.)

Glass, art glass to stemware (As of this writing, this includes a rare piece of
Hadeland Glass, a Barbini epergne, and some very nice stemware.)

Metalware and Miscellany (As of this writing, this includes an extra large Kaysezinn pewter platter, a Sascha Brastoff enamel vase, and a
photo on milk glass, possibly a memento mori.)

Paintings, Prints, etc. (As of this writing, this includes a large Edgar Bundy O/C, a
Michel Kady watercolor, plus other paintings, prints, and art.)

Essays and Fun Pages:
      Us and Our "Staff": Meet the Gin and the For; Meet the "staff";
The Cor-purr-ate Story (Glyph's Rise to Power); Contact Information
(e-mail, phone, and regular mailing address)

     About W. German Pottery:

Book Review: Fat Lava, West German Ceramics of the 1960s & 70s;
Collecting West German Pottery: Thoughts, Philosophy, and History;
A Divine and Delightful Madness: An Intro to W. German Pottery;

West German Pottery News & Updates

MARKS and Identifications:
West German Pottery Marks;

COMPANIES AND PEOPLE-
W. German Companies, Designers, and Studio Potters;--
West German Picture Gallery and Identification Aid (pictures of items
we've had over the last 3 years)

Fat Lava Collectors Club--West German Ceramics

     About Other Subjects:

To Buy or Not To Buy:  Going Where Price Guides End (thoughts about
collecting, aesthetics, and health);--

Get the Picture Straight: (The Basics of Selling Glass and Pottery on
the Internet (how to write item listings, matters of photography, etc.);--

The Art of Attending Auctions: A Guide for Beginners

Review of TiffanyFakes.com

A Tribute to Fractured Fairy Tales (For No Reason But Fun)

Links

Pedagogy, Philosophy and Nonsense (my "other"
site: writing, learning, and odd ideas like long hair and fairy god-princesses)

When it comes to showcases, we love Atlantic Rentals and Sales. Be sure to check out their Tower cases with halogen lighting.

Special thanks to Enterprise car rental, especially all the folks at the west side Evansville branch who have been so helpful over the years.

 Not Just the Usual Suspects (As Dr. Frankenstein might have said to Walt Whitman, "I sing the body eclectic." Sorry about that Walt.)

Welcome to GinFor's Odditiques. Before you head on in and look around, let me mention a few things. We're a bit eccentric and think that most internet business sites are too impersonal, so we've tried to give our site a bit of the quirkiness you'd find if we had a brick and mortar, hole-in-the-wall shop. You'll find our cats wandering everywhere, and there are puns with the pottery.

The items you'll find are also a bit different because we buy what we like, not just what the books tell us. Sure, if we find a piece of Roseville Pauleo at a good price, we'll nab it. We're eccentric, not stupid.

Meanwhile, we think there are a lot of great items out there and great work that deserves more attention. We buy the best we can for the money in hand, and whether it says Roseville or Ruscha is secondary.

So as you wander our pages, expect to meet some old friends, but be ready to make some new friends as well.

At the moment, we have an especially good selection of mid century pottery, especially West German items. We hope you'll take the time to look, and you'll also find some essays and identification pages to help.

If you like the way we do things, let us know. Even eccentrics feel a bit insecure from time to time. We know that people tend to go faster and faster on the net, so thanks for slowing down long enough to listen to my meandering.

Now, click on one of the featured items on the right or one of the page links (top left of the page). If you need any help, just let us know. Sorry, we can't offer you a cup of coffee.

Forrest (that For in GinFor)

     ginfor@earthlink.net  

 Guarantee: We have a simple, "If you aren't happy, we aren't happy" policy.  If you open a package and suddenly wonder why you bought it in the first place, you can return it for a full refund of your purchase price and the shipping one way.  

Your only risk is the cost to ship it back to us. If it turns out that we made a mistake, then we pay the shipping both ways. I won't say "no questions asked" because we will ask so we'll know how to make fewer mistakes.

Payment terms:  We try not to be overly picky about the details.  If we can put it in the bank and pay some bills without any undo fuss, then we'll probably take it.  

We're quite happy to take checks and money orders, and we're signed up with Paypal, which is the easiest route if you want to pay by credit card.  If you have some other method in mind, get in touch, and we'll see what we can work out.  

Monopoly money, anything you may have printed in the basement, and chickens are right out.