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Thu, 07 Jun 2012 21:06:53 +0100

my plan for this blog is to post at least one blog per day... unfortunately today was an extremely busy day...
well i cant something as trivial as being busy get in the way of my plans. so without further ado here is my late night entry for today:

most of the time when it comes to successfully dealing with any antique or collectable the key is research, research, research. however lately i have decided that glass is an area in the industry that none of us have delved into, let me start by stating that there are few areas in the collectable business that is so difficult to get information about this wee i decided that the usual glass items from my boxes i would do proper research on instead of just selling them blindly on the weekly R1 auction... so i spent my monday doing just that RESEARCH.

i found 2 interesting pieces of glass (that actually had markings) amongst the gorgeous rose cut crystal items, the first item had what appeared to be an anchor inside a square (this turned out to be a valuable piece of depression glass) the other item looked like a kitch piece of 70s glass and had a similar marking, but in doing the research i later found that it was not by the same company.

i started by going into 1 of our numerous reference books and looked under anchor... luckily for me the first item (the depression glass) was made by a company called anchor hocking as it turns out this particular item was valued at approximately £80. this same reference book had a section on makers marks so i decided to search the other mark what i found was something quite amazing... this item was made by a company called peill & putzler... but more on that tomorrow.

a very good place to start...

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:49:22 +0100

I guess this is as good a place as any to begin our interesting adventure.

My name is Damien i am part of this wonderful family owned business. our shop started in 1996 at this stage i was 12 years old. The shop started on a whim and a prayer over the course of 1 weekend, we completely converted an old run down lawnmower workshop into an antique shop... this was done with some heavy cleaning a lick of paint and a substantial amount of stock that my mother had hidden away in storage rooms while my dad was running his civil engineering company.

Our first month was spent doing alot of puzzles and hoping that people would come in... however we pulled through and have Never looked back.

16 years down the line and we now have 1 of the largest antique and collectable shops around selling nearly anything you can think of.
each of us "specialising" in different items after all you cant know everything about everything. this is a job where you never stop learning and even when you think you know all there is to know about something you probably dont.

this blog will be dedicated to the never ending thirst for knowledge and the day to day findings in our shop.
please feel free to contact us via the contact us page with questions, if you have items to sell also feel free to contact us

Porcelain Restoration Workshop | 16 June

Mon, 21 May 2012 06:22:02 +0100

Memories Antiques is proud to welcome Gauteng's most well renowned porcelain restorer to hold a workshop at Memories Corner Country Shops on the 16th of June 2012.

Ms. Pam Prentice will be covering porcelain restoration in detail over the following modules throughout the day:

Short history of popular porcelain makers
Products
Tools
Chipped
Cracked
A few pieces to work with
Hands on experiment

The workshop will cover everything you need to know in order to start restoring porcelain and will include tools for the event as well as a lunch served at Shaguma Cafe.

Space is limited and we urge you to book as soon as possible to not miss this amazing once off event.

Cost for the full day workshop: R2500

Please email us to confirm your booking.