NEWS BRIEFS
August 28, 2025. 1:42pm. Thank you to everyone for making our Summer 2025 auction such a success. With a gross total of over $1.15 million and led by the Norton deer crock at $72,000, this sale saw numerous new world auction records set, including:
$57,000: Alamance County, NC Flask
$54,000: Northwestern Pennsylvania Stoneware
$42,000: Isaac Hewitt Stoneware
$24,000: Boughner Stoneware
$15,600: Harvey Reinhardt Pottery
$12,000: Edwin Meaders Pottery
$11,400: B.B. Craig Pottery
(All prices include 20% buyer's premium.)
With the market as strong as it has ever been, we are really looking forward to what our Fall 2025 auction has in store. It's already shaping up to be another great offering, so if you'd like to take advantage of an ideal opportunity to have us sell your stoneware or redware, please do not hesitate to contact us today.
Thanks again!
The Zipps
$57,000: Alamance County, NC Flask
$54,000: Northwestern Pennsylvania Stoneware
$42,000: Isaac Hewitt Stoneware
$24,000: Boughner Stoneware
$15,600: Harvey Reinhardt Pottery
$12,000: Edwin Meaders Pottery
$11,400: B.B. Craig Pottery
(All prices include 20% buyer's premium.)
With the market as strong as it has ever been, we are really looking forward to what our Fall 2025 auction has in store. It's already shaping up to be another great offering, so if you'd like to take advantage of an ideal opportunity to have us sell your stoneware or redware, please do not hesitate to contact us today.
Thanks again!
The Zipps
August 8, 2025. 10:04pm. Thanks so much to everyone for their strong participation in this auction! Phone bidding for $10,000+ lots begins at 10am (click here for the schedule), and all winning bidders will receive their invoice (including any applicable shipping) around 9am on Monday morning. Thank you again! The Zipps
August 5, 2025. 8:18am. Thank you for your interest in our current auction, featuring over 500 lots of antique American stoneware & redware pottery. As we enter the final days of bidding, here are a few reminders / quick notes:
--First, to answer a common question we receive from new bidders, we do handle our own professional packing and shipping (via UPS) in-house, keeping the process as simple as possible. Final invoices automatically include your shipping / insurance cost, but you can of course still pick your items up, as many bidders do. (A few lots in the catalog have a note beneath their description indicating that they are too large for us to handle ourselves; these can be picked up, shipped by a third party fine art handler or via some other method of your choice.)
-- Bidders have until 9pm eastern on Friday, August 8, to participate in this auction. There will be a "soft" close on Friday evening, meaning that ten minutes are added to any given lot's countdown clock if it receives a bid at 8:50pm or later. A phone bidding session will begin at 10am on Saturday, August 9 (starting with Lot #1) for the top four bidders on items that have reached a bid level of $10,000 or more by Friday night's online auction close. All other lots sell on Friday night. (Full details on How to Bid are available here.)
-- Just like our other recent auctions, beginning Friday morning at 10am, the website will begin notifying bidders if they are, in fact, in the top four for each lot. Remember that you must be one of the top four bidders to participate in Saturday's final phone bidding session on $10,000+ lots, and that your final bid must also be within 50% of the current high bid. (In other words, if a lot reaches a final bid on Friday night of $10,000, to qualify for Saturday's phone bidding, you must be one of the top four bidders, and have bid at least $5,000.)
For those new to us, at the completion of bidding on Friday night, each bidder receives a detailed end-of-auction report via email, listing all of the items they've won, and any $10,000+ lots for which they will be called on Saturday.
Thanks so much! The Zipps.
--First, to answer a common question we receive from new bidders, we do handle our own professional packing and shipping (via UPS) in-house, keeping the process as simple as possible. Final invoices automatically include your shipping / insurance cost, but you can of course still pick your items up, as many bidders do. (A few lots in the catalog have a note beneath their description indicating that they are too large for us to handle ourselves; these can be picked up, shipped by a third party fine art handler or via some other method of your choice.)
-- Bidders have until 9pm eastern on Friday, August 8, to participate in this auction. There will be a "soft" close on Friday evening, meaning that ten minutes are added to any given lot's countdown clock if it receives a bid at 8:50pm or later. A phone bidding session will begin at 10am on Saturday, August 9 (starting with Lot #1) for the top four bidders on items that have reached a bid level of $10,000 or more by Friday night's online auction close. All other lots sell on Friday night. (Full details on How to Bid are available here.)
-- Just like our other recent auctions, beginning Friday morning at 10am, the website will begin notifying bidders if they are, in fact, in the top four for each lot. Remember that you must be one of the top four bidders to participate in Saturday's final phone bidding session on $10,000+ lots, and that your final bid must also be within 50% of the current high bid. (In other words, if a lot reaches a final bid on Friday night of $10,000, to qualify for Saturday's phone bidding, you must be one of the top four bidders, and have bid at least $5,000.)
For those new to us, at the completion of bidding on Friday night, each bidder receives a detailed end-of-auction report via email, listing all of the items they've won, and any $10,000+ lots for which they will be called on Saturday.
Thanks so much! The Zipps.
July 28, 2025. 9:32am. Online Catalog Posted for Preview: You can browse all 570 lots in our Summer 2025 catalog here. Bidding starts Wednesday, July 30, at 10am; for those new to us, please familiarize yourself with the bidding process here. Thanks so much for your interest in our auctions! All our best, The Zipps
July 11, 2025. 10:31am. Added more photos of featured lots from our Summer auction, available by clicking here. Auction starts 7/30!
June 25, 2025. 11:32am. Added some more photos of featured lots from our upcoming Summer auction, available by clicking here.
June 13, 2025. 10:40am. FIRST PHOTOS: Added our first preview photographs of stoneware to be sold in our upcoming July 30th - August 8th auction! Click here to view them. This will be a truly exceptional auction! We are now accepting consignments, with a deadline of June 30 to receive your items. Please give us a call today at 410-472-2016 or contact us here via email if you'd like to be a part of this landmark sale. All our best, The Zipps
May 16, 2025. 7:20am. THANK YOU to all of our bidders and consignors for making our Spring 2025 auction such a success. In addition to many strong prices throughout, Lot 1, the Anna Pottery snake jug, realized $144,000--a New World Auction Record for this beloved form and the highest price ever achieved for an American temperance jug.
Highlights are available here: www.crockerfarm.com/highlights/2025-04-11/
Our Spring sale came on the heels of our landmark January auction of the Carole Wahler Collection (highlights available at: www.crockerfarm.com/highlights/2025-01-31/), with both auctions demonstrating the extreme strength of the current market for quality examples sold by our firm.
We are pleased to announce that our next (Summer 2025) auction will be held July 30 - August 8 and we are NOW ACCEPTING CONSIGNMENTS for what will be another exceptional offering. If you would like to take advantage of our unparalleled knowledge, customer base, and implicit trust in the marketplace as the forefront of the antique American ceramics market, please do not hesitate to contact us today. (410-472-2016 or info@crockerfarm.com)
With over $50 million sold and in business since 1983, our company holds virtually every significant world auction record for American stoneware:
www.crockerfarm.com/world-records/
Despite all of this, we are proud to continue to offer some of the lowest rates in the industry.
Thanks so much for your interest in our auctions. We hope you are enjoying the spring weather and look forward to speaking with many of you over the coming months.
All our best, The Zipps
Highlights are available here: www.crockerfarm.com/highlights/2025-04-11/
Our Spring sale came on the heels of our landmark January auction of the Carole Wahler Collection (highlights available at: www.crockerfarm.com/highlights/2025-01-31/), with both auctions demonstrating the extreme strength of the current market for quality examples sold by our firm.
We are pleased to announce that our next (Summer 2025) auction will be held July 30 - August 8 and we are NOW ACCEPTING CONSIGNMENTS for what will be another exceptional offering. If you would like to take advantage of our unparalleled knowledge, customer base, and implicit trust in the marketplace as the forefront of the antique American ceramics market, please do not hesitate to contact us today. (410-472-2016 or info@crockerfarm.com)
With over $50 million sold and in business since 1983, our company holds virtually every significant world auction record for American stoneware:
www.crockerfarm.com/world-records/
Despite all of this, we are proud to continue to offer some of the lowest rates in the industry.
Thanks so much for your interest in our auctions. We hope you are enjoying the spring weather and look forward to speaking with many of you over the coming months.
All our best, The Zipps
April 12, 2025. 10:24am. THANK YOU to our bidders and consignors for making our Spring auction such a successful sale. Among other world auction records, Lot 1 realized $144,000, a NEW WORLD RECORD for an Anna Pottery Snake Jug (includes 20% buyer's premium). We will be compiling invoices over the course of the weekend and successful bidders will be hearing from us first thing Monday morning. Thank you again for your support of our auctions--we are always so appreciative of all of you and look forward to what other ceramic discoveries this year will hold. All our best, The Zipps
April 11, 2025. 10:49am. Important Final Notes:
We've reached the final day of internet bidding for our current Auction of American Stoneware & Redware! Thanks so much for all of your bids and for your strong interest in this sale.
Since bidding through the website will close at 9pm eastern time, here are a few last-minute reminders / things to expect:
Lots that do not reach a bid level of $10,000 by tonight's auction close sell at that time. Any lots receiving new competing bids after 8:50pm are extended 10 minutes beyond their final bid. For example, if someone bids on a lot at 8:55 tonight, that lot will close at 9:05, barring any other bids. (To answer a potential question, if you are already the high bidder during this period and decide to increase your maximum bid, this will NOT extend the auction time.)
Lots that have reached a threshold of $10,000 go on to final bidding in Saturday's phone bidding session, which will proceed as closely to a live auction as possible, and is open only to the top four bidders on each of these $10,000+ lots. Please make sure you have your current Phone Number(s) on file with us if you plan on participating in Saturday's phone bidding session. You can update your contact info by visiting: www.crockerfarm.com/members/account/ .
At the end of the online auction we will be posting hour-long time windows for phone bidding to the website: www.crockerfarm.com/schedule/
Whether you win lots tonight or are going to be bidding with us tomorrow, the website's catalog pages will update you accordingly. You will be notified that you've won any given lot in the following ways: On each lot page, right now you are currently updated if (a) You are the current high bidder (b) You have been outbid (c) You are a top four bidder. At the auction close, these same pages will also tell you if you've won the lot. Meanwhile, your My Bids page (available from any of the lot pages) will also keep a running score of what you have and haven't won. Finally, at the end of tonight's bidding we will be generating End of Auction Reports that will come to your email inbox, telling you everything you've won and everything for which you will be called during tomorrow's phone session. (Proper final invoices will also be emailed to you once they have been collated; these will be sent first thing Monday morning.)
Finally, you can follow Saturday's phone bidding online and see the final hammer price of each lot as soon as it sells at the following link; this page will remain blank until we have collated all of the phone session lots following tonight's internet bidding: www.crockerfarm.com/phone-session/
CATALOG LINK: www.crockerfarm.com/stoneware-auction/spring-2025/
If you have any questions, please just let us know, and we look forward to speaking with many of you tomorrow. Thank you again!
All Our Best,
Anthony, Barbara, Brandt, Luke & Mark Zipp
We've reached the final day of internet bidding for our current Auction of American Stoneware & Redware! Thanks so much for all of your bids and for your strong interest in this sale.
Since bidding through the website will close at 9pm eastern time, here are a few last-minute reminders / things to expect:
Lots that do not reach a bid level of $10,000 by tonight's auction close sell at that time. Any lots receiving new competing bids after 8:50pm are extended 10 minutes beyond their final bid. For example, if someone bids on a lot at 8:55 tonight, that lot will close at 9:05, barring any other bids. (To answer a potential question, if you are already the high bidder during this period and decide to increase your maximum bid, this will NOT extend the auction time.)
Lots that have reached a threshold of $10,000 go on to final bidding in Saturday's phone bidding session, which will proceed as closely to a live auction as possible, and is open only to the top four bidders on each of these $10,000+ lots. Please make sure you have your current Phone Number(s) on file with us if you plan on participating in Saturday's phone bidding session. You can update your contact info by visiting: www.crockerfarm.com/members/account/ .
At the end of the online auction we will be posting hour-long time windows for phone bidding to the website: www.crockerfarm.com/schedule/
Whether you win lots tonight or are going to be bidding with us tomorrow, the website's catalog pages will update you accordingly. You will be notified that you've won any given lot in the following ways: On each lot page, right now you are currently updated if (a) You are the current high bidder (b) You have been outbid (c) You are a top four bidder. At the auction close, these same pages will also tell you if you've won the lot. Meanwhile, your My Bids page (available from any of the lot pages) will also keep a running score of what you have and haven't won. Finally, at the end of tonight's bidding we will be generating End of Auction Reports that will come to your email inbox, telling you everything you've won and everything for which you will be called during tomorrow's phone session. (Proper final invoices will also be emailed to you once they have been collated; these will be sent first thing Monday morning.)
Finally, you can follow Saturday's phone bidding online and see the final hammer price of each lot as soon as it sells at the following link; this page will remain blank until we have collated all of the phone session lots following tonight's internet bidding: www.crockerfarm.com/phone-session/
CATALOG LINK: www.crockerfarm.com/stoneware-auction/spring-2025/
If you have any questions, please just let us know, and we look forward to speaking with many of you tomorrow. Thank you again!
All Our Best,
Anthony, Barbara, Brandt, Luke & Mark Zipp
April 2, 2025. 9:00am. Bidding Is Now Open: Our April 2 - 11 auction catalog is open for bidding! Full online catalog. How to Bid.
March 31, 2025. 9:03am. Online Catalog Posted for Preview: You can browse all 390 lots in our Spring 2025 catalog here. Bidding starts Wednesday, April 2, at 10am; for those new to us, please familiarize yourself with the bidding process here. Thanks so much for your interest in our auctions! All our best, The Zipps
March 5, 2025. 11:28am. FIRST PHOTOS: Added our first photographs of stoneware to be sold in our upcoming April 2nd - 11th auction! Click here to view them. This will be another exceptional offering; thanks so much to our consignors! The catalog is going to the printer soon, so if you have a last-minute quality consignment, please give us a call today at 410-472-2016. All our best, The Zipps