WorthPoint has just assed more than 10,000 maker’s marks and patterns for china, glass and metals in the latest data infusion, bringing the Marks database to more than 90,000 images. The most recent infusion includes nearly 900 patters for Haviland china, such as Aster D’Or, pictured above.
Over the last two weeks, WorthPoint.com—the Internet’s largest resource for identifying and finding the value of subscribers’ art, antiques and collectibles—has just added more than 10,000 marker’s marks and patterns to its Maker’s Marks database, bringing the total collection to more than 90,000.
This latest infusion includes 2,500 new maker’s marks, and 7,300 ceramics, glass and metals patterns. In the Ceramics, Glass & Pottery category, the additions include 1,780 new porcelain marks and more than 400 carnival glass patterns, some 1,200 Albany glass patterns, more than 800 Imperial glass patterns and nearly 900 Haviland china patterns.
In the Metals category—which includes marks for precious, plated and stainless steel—more than 900 silversmith and goldsmith marks were added, as were patterns for more than 2,250 sliver-plate and stainless steel flatware, including Johnson Brothers dinnerware.
The pace of WorthPoint’s injection of new marks and patterns has picked up significantly over the last few months, and will continue to add smaller batches to the database at a more frequent pace. Maker’s marks can tell the story about which company made and item, where and when, and possibly even identify the individual artist or craftsman.
WorthPoint aims to provide the most up-to-date information about antiques and collectibles values to assure enthusiasts will not make mistakes on pricing or on purchases. In addition to the Marks database, WorthPoint offers its Worthopedia database of some 300 million sales records from online as well as brick-and-mortar auctions houses going back 10 years. This allows subscribers to learn historic sales prices of an individual item.
“Being able to identify a maker by his mark—the company that made, say, a particular piece of china or glass, is important, but now you can search to learn the name of the specific pattern of the piece,” said WorthPoint founder and CEO Will Seippel. “Some of these companies have been producing china for several hundred years and have produced several hundred different patterns.
“Knowing the maker and the pattern is a huge help when you want to buy a specific item or if you want to research the item because you want to sell it. If it is correctly identified as Astor D’Or, you can find both the details about when it was made and then go to the Worthopedia to see what it has been selling for,” Seippel added.
WorthPoint, founded in 2007, has become one of the world’s leading resources for researching and valuing art, antiques and collectibles. In addition to the Worthopedia and the Maker’s Marks database, WorthPoint offers its subscribers access its digital library, a collection of more than 1,000 reference books, price guides and other volumes on antiques and collectibles origins and histories. To subscribe to WorthPoint, click here.
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