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 Great for learning what's out there to be
found:
From Spritzdecor to
Fat Lava: West and East German Ceramics, second edition (not "volume")
This cd (in pdf format) pictures over 900
items and lists information on over 100 W. German pottery
companies. You also get a large selection of marks and
labels and
profiles of 48 of the major designers.
The cd is the
equivalent
of a 278 page book. (By comparison, the first book by
Makus has only 171 pages of text and pictures, not counting the form
number pages. "Fat Lava" published by Mark Hill has only about
139 pictures and covers only 18 companies.)
Each of these books contains more information about W. German pottery
than any other book printed in English. Together, they provide the most
comprehensive documentation currently available on the subject, making
them essential for collectors and dealers who want to be
well-informed. Don't be mislead by the size. Unlike books,
cds just don't get bigger when packed with more information, but this
one is loaded.
For price and shipping:
If you live in the US, Canada, or elsewhere in the Americas, contact ginfor@earthlink.net
If you live in Europe, Asia, Australia or related regions, contact the author, or go to Retrominded.com and click on
"Contact".
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Great for identifying what you've
found:
West and East German
Pottery: Marks, Bases, Decors,  and Form
Numbers, third edition (not "volume")
This cd (in pdf format) includes 3 sections of marks, bottoms and
labels: commercial potteries, studio potteries, and porcelain
companies. There is also information on types of clay used by
different companies, lists of decors, year of introduction, and
designer (when known). Then there is an extensive list of form
numbers and sizes, the companies that used them and year/era used.
The first book by Makus has
about 2500 form numbers listed and doesn't include the different
sizes. This cd includes several times as many form numbers, plus
the sizes so far known. There's no book with comparable
information on marks/labels and decors. Research continues, but
this is by far the most extensive collection of numbers, sizes, marks,
clay color used, decors, and designers yet on the market. The Makus
books and "Fat Lava" combined don't come close.
Each
of these books contains more information about W.
German pottery than any other book printed in English. Together, they
provide the most comprehensive documentation currently available on the
subject, making them essential for collectors and dealers who want to
be well-informed. Don't be mislead by the size. Unlike
books, cds just don't get bigger when packed with more information, but
this one is loaded.
For price and shipping:
If you live in the US, Canada,
or elsewhere in the Americas, contact ginfor@earthlink.net
If you live in Europe,
Asia, Australia or related regions, contact
the author, or go to Retrominded.com
and
click on "Contact".
Get both cds, and you'll quickly be among the best informed
collectors/researchers in the great new field of West German
pottery. You'll know Scheurich from Carstens in a wink, and
you'll even know Hanns Welling and the difference between his
"Paris" decor for Keto and his "Paris" decor for Ruscha.
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