Hero of the Week

Possibly like most collectors of German Pottery I prowl eBay. I generally keep my bidding to sellers nearby - so I can collect in person rather than risk the items being damaged in postage.



But there are some exceptions. Aidan and Emma in Glossop are two - although I like to visit them anyway as it's a really pleasant drive and they're great people - and of course the fact that there's always something else there that might tempt me.



Other exceptions are a handful of dealers I've had the great pleasure to come across who all hail from Germany or the Netherlands. I'll no doubt talk about some of the others in future times but this week's (or in truth last week's) hero is a German eBay dealer who goes by the name (eBay name anyway) of Annee6706.



Here's a link to her shop - although in giving this link out I realise it might result in you outbidding me on future lots.



http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/annee6706&ssPageName=STRK:MEFSX:SELLERID&_trksid=p3984.m1543.l2533



Over the past few weeks I've won seven lots she's listed. After the first coupld she contacted me to let me know some of the vagaries of the German postal system and that I could save a deal of money on postage if I waited until my lots filled a large box - she gave me the size but I didn;t really pay much attention to it.



I'm glad I didn't because at the end of last week the box that arrived shicked the hell out of me. My shipment of pottery arrived in a 70cm x 40cm x 50cm heavy duty cardboard . And in this monstrous box were six German vases and an Italian Ceramic Wall Plaque. Picture's below.








And Anne had packaged these so wonderfully well, there was no chance (ok nothing's totally without risk) that these would have been damaged. Anne double boxes vases. Each vase bubble-wrapped in smaller cardboard boxes then placed, with further padding, inside a larger heavy duty box.



Only problem it left me is dealing with the recycling. Still a small proce to pay for getting such wonderful items.