Back at the country club in the morning for a sale! Several of the people who attended the convention also brought things to sell. There was a wide variety of Hall teapots and lots of Harker. One dealer in particular had TS&T's Lu-Ray and a couple others had HLC.

One dealer had HLC pieces at very, very low prices! I had a small set up with some books to sell. Every time I sold a book, I would run over to the "cheap" table and buy some HLC dishes, hence the title of this page: Buy-Sell! Buy-Sell!

I missed out on the next activity: viewing the graves of local potters at Riverview Cemetery. If you have Jo Cunninghams, Homer Laughlin, A Giant Among Dishes, check out the write up and pictures (I think there are two) on the cemetery.

Next was my speech. I talked about how collecting dinnerware is not an exact science. I wanted to convey that every time collectors think they have a good grasp and understanding on a line or entire pottery company, something will come along to challenge their notions. (The picture to the right was in the 06.20.00 edition of the East Liverpool Review newspaper.)

When I practiced my little talk, it was around 30 to 35 min in lenght, but when I got in front of the audience, I zipped through it! On the way home I kept thinking about things I forgot to say. Funny how I edited my own lecture just to get it over with. Hopefully nobody will ask for their money back.

Some of the slides and topics were about: an HLC Ravenna plate and Harker jug with the same decal treatment and same type of iridized trim (I also had TS&T and HLC pieces wearing the same rose decal) this was to demonstrate that decals aren't exclusive to a specific pottery, TS&T handleless sugars and the debate on whether they belong to the Lu-Ray line or not (I expressed my belief they should be classified as Versatile only, but there was no evidence to say they were NOT Lu-Ray), Harker Stone China pieces without their exterior colors, a combination set made up of HLC and Harker pieces (making it difficult to find a treatment name or number should a singular piece from a combination set be found), a Republic plate from 1953 with a Marigold silver stamp design.

Joan and Jerry Montgomery were at the talk and had some pictures of mysteries of their own: the experimental and rare 1 pint Fiesta jug, and a Marigold casserole with Virginia Rose handles!

Later, Fran & Carl and I looked over some unusual pieces they brought. One was the strange flying saucer-looking Deanna casserole by Knowles. Two other pieces are shown below: left: a New York plate by Steubenville and a Fairway shape plate (nobody could think of the shape name at the time!) in the Lu-Ray glaze, Windsor Blue.

The final event was the dinner at 7:00 pm. Many were going to stick around for the Alumni Auction the next day, but since I had a 12 hour trip in front of me, I said my good-byes. It was great meeting some new faces and meeting those I had known only by eBay user ID's or email addresses. I'm all ready to go again next year!