Topic: Unusual Ebay Activity On Mdina Item

[shugdens]

I loged into ebay after a few hours frumster heeby chat with the future Mrs Shugden & came back to 4 questions on a sudden huge rise of 58 watchers from 10 on a Mdina end of day sculpture. Not just that, its rocketed in price from £4.99 to about £28.

I, ve had a fair few of these and they usualy go for £10 this ones a bit larger & signed but nowt unusual apart from it being a bit large.

I cant see any convostaions on here about it so what do people recon to it? Can anyone see anything to why the excitement?

I may use this opertunity to sell the other rarer Mdina I have.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350445689991&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

[glassobsessed]

It's larger than many but otherwise seems fairly normal. Sometimes there are sharp peaks in prices if a particular maker or object are highlighted on television but as I don't watch I don't know if that is a valid reason. I don't think the price is that out of the ordinary for a sculpture of that size.

John

[Leni]

A piece of Mdina sculpture, albeit signed my Michael Harris, was on Antiques Roadshow last night, where Mark Hill described it as being worth about £700 or £800 

[chopin-liszt]

........ and it was 'orrible!  :wsh:

(I don't often say that about anything by Michael Harris - I normally love anything he made/)

Shugdens, it's not an "end-of-day" piece - Michael used to make these as demonstrations/exhibitions for visitors to the studio who came to watch glassmaking "in action".
You say it's "fully signed" - no wonder folk are asking you questions  :thud:  I'd want to know if you mean it's signed by Michael Harris, or just marked (not signed) Mdina, and does it have a date?
Also, it's hard to tell from your image what colours are in it. Are there a cobalt blue streaks in the turquoise?
That would be an important feature.
(not criticising at all, just trying to help )

[shugdens]

Its fully signed because the other one I have listed is ''not at all signed'' in fact the other ones base is flakeing. Ive given it a good buff up but its still not brilliant.

They must of charged it on mass after Antiques Roadshow as the number of watchers hasnt gone up much.

I think end of the day is the common term used for these at markets & auction houses, its what i always use. Only a expert would know otherwise. Its a term i'll have to keep useing to describe these as thats what avrage people use. I can always advise the true term later.

The other one now also has 33 watchers & is up to £11.00 I'm going to stick another Mdina vase on later instead of taking it to market.

[shugdens]

Most of the questions were about the signiture one was ''what is the signiture called'' I was tempted to be sarcastic & say hes called collin.

[Lustrousstone]

What people want to know is exactly what the "signature" says. Fully signed is meaningless, especially when you have no picture of the mark. It is only a signature when the person who made it signed his or her name. Mdina or any other company name is just a mark not a signature.

[shugdens]

What people want to know is exactly what the "signature" says. Fully signed is meaningless, especially when you have no picture of the mark. It is only a signature when the person who made it signed his or her name. Mdina or any other company name is just a mark not a signature.

I'll not comment further.

Its a signiture signed my hand Mdina & 99.9 of the antiques traders I deal with would say the same.

[shugdens]

Actualy I've just looked at the big sculpture and it dont say Mdina it looks totaly diffrent??

The vase i was going to list is SIGNED Mdina & dated '82' but the big sculpture is a sqigle with what looks like an H in front

[shugdens]

No its not a Harris signiture its an unusual Mdina signiture unlike later ones. It has an extra 'arch' to the 'M' and the 'd' is less pronounsed the sest is a squiggle.