Anonymous
Post 09/06/2025 20:11     Subject: Gifts of “older” pottery - what to do
Anonymous wrote:Buy nothing?


this
Anonymous
Post 09/06/2025 19:23     Subject: Gifts of “older” pottery - what to do
Toss it.
Anonymous
Post 09/06/2025 17:44     Subject: Gifts of “older” pottery - what to do
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Holding on to something because it might be worth a little bit of money is how hoarding often starts. Don’t be your mom.
When she gives you something, look it up on EBay to see if it’s ever sold (not just listed) for over $100. If so, post it or take it to a local auction house. If not, take it to Goodwill. If mom lives locally and thrifts, you may just want to trash it so it doesn’t come back to you.


Ceramics = gateway hoarding! I chuckled.


Seriously, holding on to something bc it might be worth money or you might need it is a slippery slope. I agree with just giving it all to Goodwill.
Anonymous
Post 09/06/2025 17:42     Subject: Gifts of “older” pottery - what to do
Anonymous wrote:Holding on to something because it might be worth a little bit of money is how hoarding often starts. Don’t be your mom.
When she gives you something, look it up on EBay to see if it’s ever sold (not just listed) for over $100. If so, post it or take it to a local auction house. If not, take it to Goodwill. If mom lives locally and thrifts, you may just want to trash it so it doesn’t come back to you.


Ceramics = gateway hoarding! I chuckled.
Anonymous
Post 09/06/2025 10:14     Subject: Gifts of “older” pottery - what to do
Anonymous wrote:Over the years, my mom has given me random bits of pottery that she has picked up in various antique shops. The pieces are fine but they’re a single saucer, two mugs, a chipped candle stick holder, etc.

I display one or two pieces, use one regularly and the rest are crammed in drawers. I want them gone. Theoretically, people collect these pieces. I don’t care about the $10-15 dollars I could make after the hassle of selling them online. How do I get them into the people’s hands who care.

FWIW, my mom is a hoarder worthy of the tv show. I am not telling her that I’m rehoming these pieces.


So much pottery everywhere you look. If it's not important to YOU, don't keep it
Anonymous
Post 09/06/2025 08:32     Subject: Gifts of “older” pottery - what to do
Holding on to something because it might be worth a little bit of money is how hoarding often starts. Don’t be your mom.
When she gives you something, look it up on EBay to see if it’s ever sold (not just listed) for over $100. If so, post it or take it to a local auction house. If not, take it to Goodwill. If mom lives locally and thrifts, you may just want to trash it so it doesn’t come back to you.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2025 23:09     Subject: Gifts of “older” pottery - what to do
Definitely donate back to goodwill.

Or make candles and give as gifts.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2025 21:59     Subject: Gifts of “older” pottery - what to do
Anonymous wrote:If any is green uranium glass people collect it. Hoows under uv light.


Pottery and glass are two different things.