This Baldelli Pottery piece SOLD through iNVISeDGE for AU $155 back in 2012! Today in 2019 I’d price the exact same piece at AU $219.
Background Info and Provenance
(Written in 2012)
A vintage ceramic Baldelli Coin Bank made in Italy in 1960’s measuring 26cm long. These are extremely rare- a lot rarer than Bitossi animals. Baldelli started in 1943 and reached its heyday in the 1970’s when they were supplying American Department stores. Apparently for a few years Baldelli coin banks were given out by an American bank when people opened a new account with them- beats the Commonwealth Bank tin and that plastic pig Australian banks gave out! (Another example of how scabby our banks are!) Baldelli also made a ceramic elephant, cat and some weird zebra that looks like a cat with stripes on.
Because vintage pottery animals are so popular I’ve wanted to stock a Baldelli one for some time. After exhaustive searching for over 18 months this is the first one I’ve got (it came from America). It’s a cool practical piece with all the fun of Lisa Larson animals but Baldelli animals are bigger and have a practical use as well. This piece has survived over 40 years, it’s well MARKED TO THE BASE (Baldelli Italy) and made by a family Italian business (HAND-PAINTED too)- there are few better ways to invest in your home and in our environment… And the blue colour is extremely RARE (most of the Baldelli animal coin banks are yellow).
Ref- 1911
PICK-UP . . . from 30 or 40 minutes North of BRISBANE city is accepted but postage is preferred as my home is hard to find. Because of this I will nominate a friend or family member for you to collect the item from if you need collection. Pick-up in person must be worked out prior to purchase- thank you. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ POSTAGE is offered internationally. All our Decorative Arts pieces are delivered through AUSTRALIA POST. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ POSTAGE ESTIMATES. . . . ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ To BRISBANE- most of our pieces cost $15 - $18 to send. . . To SYDNEY or MELBOURNE- Small Vase- around $20 - $23, Medium Vase- around $20 - $25, Large Vase- around $24 - $30. Let us know if you need an EXACT COST for postage prior to purchase. The above postage estimates include $2.95 for a signature on delivery. . . INSURANCE against being lost or broken in transit up to the value of $200 is included in the estimates above. If your vase is cheaper or more expensive than $200 this will effect your postage fee slightly. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A BOXING FEE of $3.00 is included in the fee above to cover the cost of searching for and storing used packing materials. With the millions of cardboard boxes that end up as landfill every year we don’t believe in supporting the manufacture of boxes for post. Instead of buying new boxes and packing materials and passing this cost onto our customers we spend considerable time sourcing used boxes and then fashioning boxes to fit each item. We do the same for bubble-wrap and foam pieces. This requires a large investment of time, energy, ingenuity, organization and storage space- it is much easier and cheaper to buy new packing materials but I can’t justify taking the easy way out when so much packing material ends up polluting our earth. Our $3.00 charge does little to pay for the time (and storage) needed do this and to pack your item (there is also the time needed to get your package to the post office). This is something we’re happy to do for our customers and the environment. We appreciate your support in this area.
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