We’re always trying to find ways to improve the Perfect Pieces site - especially to make it easier to find what you’re looking for.
It occurred to us recently that while finding something by name isn’t too difficult, finding a selection of pieces within a certain price range was pretty near impossible.
We’ve now introduced our ’search by price range’ feature - it’s just below the main menu bar, near the top of the screen. If you’re looking for a gift (or a treat for yourself), you’ll more than likely have a price range in mind.
You can now see all the pieces on the site in a certain price range simply by clicking on the relevant link. At any one time we usually have at least 100 pieces in stock, with prices starting from under £25 and finishing well over £500.
You can now see all of the pieces in one price range - regardless of manufacturer - just by clicking on the apropriate price range:
We hope you’ll find this useful - let us know what you think!
Teresa and Roland at Perfect Pieces would like to wish all of our customers and colleagues a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
We look forward to continuing our relationships with all of you in 2008 and thank you for your support in 2007.
Throughout the time we have run the Perfect Pieces website we have received regular requests for appraisals and valuations of British collectable pottery. Last year we decided that the volume of requests we received meant that this couldn’t be managed on an ad-hoc basis anymore, so we introduced our Valuation & Appraisal service.
Valuing antiques and collectables is not an exact science and is based on a combination of experience, historical sale data and observation of current market trends.
Although we make all of our past sale prices available freely on our site, we also access other databases of sale results and use our own experience of the marketplace to judge how a piece might sell.
We’ve been very pleased with the response we’ve had on this service - with a steady stream of collectors and other antique dealers requesting valuations and often providing very positive feedback on the service.
In return for a small fee, we provide a one-page document covering the history, identity and retail value of the piece concerned. We are also happy to negotiate a one-off fee for a collection valuation and can advise on auction values if preferred.
Although our service does not provide insurance valuations, it’s also much cheaper than most insurance valuation services and includes a guaranteed turnaround of 5 working days from payment.
If you would like to learn more about our appraisal and valuation service and see a sample valuation, have a look here.