Carlisle Indian school??

[buzzhead]

Does anyone know a rough value of this piece?? It caught my eye... and I had to take a chance.. I can find smaller soup bowls on WorthPoint but nothing this big... 12" diameter.. no chips or cracks... glaze is 95% intact. I may have stumbled across a stunner...




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[GibH]

I had to look it up. Looks like you have a nice piece of history there.

 

[buzzhead]

Yep. Just trying to put a number to it... small 5" soups have sold locally for $110+


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[diggummup]

I had to look it up. Looks like you have a nice piece of history there.

Me too. Nice piece of history for sure. Didn't that bowl belong to Jim Thorpe? lol

 

[GibH]

Me too. Nice piece of history for sure. Didn't that bowl belong to Jim Thorpe? lol

I thought the same thing. Holy , Jim Thorpe might have eaten out of that!

 

[buzzhead]

He may have dipped taters out of it but if he ate outta it he'd be a big dude!


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[JimDon]

Sweet!! It has got to be quite valuable.

 

[buzzhead]

I'm thinking I may list it around $800.00 as a buy it now and put a best offer on it to gauge interest..


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[Beans]

Which State did you buy this?

 

[buzzhead]

Pa, it's a local piece to me.


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[buzzhead]

Update: this sold this morning for $800.00. It was bought by Dickinson College and will be used as a display piece for the upcoming 100th anniversary of the closing of the Carlisle Indian school. Super cool to have found something that significant it will be displayed and cherished for many years to come...


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[Drmad7]

Excellent!!!!!!

 

[buzzhead]

Excellent!!!!!!

I'm glad it went there instead of a private collector. I did find out in my research the county historical society does not have one of these bowls in their display.. ... I went with my gut and added that little snippet into my description and bam it sells within hours.


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[OldSowBreath]

Excellent work!

 

[The_Piratess]

Me too. Nice piece of history for sure. Didn't that bowl belong to Jim Thorpe? lol

Maybe Burt Lancaster used it on the set of the film, "Jim Thorp All American"?