| One of the biggest charms of authentic Japanese | | | | cheater off your money, and only purchase valuable |
| handmade pottery is the fact that it's handmade. | | | | artifacts from accredited antique stores. |
| With such perfect contours and glazing, it's almost | | | | Bring out your cash last |
| impossible to imagine it being shaped by bare hands | | | | When you're shopping for handmade pottery, always |
| and a wheel. At most, when we imagine an ethnic | | | | inquire about the last price for check and credit card |
| artifact which has been handmade, we can only think | | | | payments. This way, you can haggle for an even |
| about rough edges and plainer paints. However, the | | | | lower price once you've decided to pay for cash. |
| Japanese take precision and craft to heart. This | | | | Sometimes, dealers have the same price for any of |
| makes their antique handmade pottery more valuable | | | | the three transactions, but you'll miss out on a lot of |
| that those of other countries'. | | | | savings unless you ask for a lower price. Remember, |
| Beware of replicas | | | | these dealers are hoping to earn some profits out of |
| Although most of us buy Japanese handmade | | | | the goods they're selling. Unless you haggle for a |
| pottery for the beauty of it, we must not forget | | | | lower price, they won't give you a discount. |
| about the value of the artifact. If you're paying for | | | | Know your period |
| an antique, make sure that it's an authentic antique | | | | Most dealers are quick to smell a clueless shopper. |
| vase or jar, not some machine made ceramic piece | | | | Avoid getting product quotes that are higher than |
| that's being sold by the millions. Part of the beauty of | | | | they're true worth by researching on the product's |
| Japanese handmade pottery is its uniqueness. If it | | | | real value before you go shopping. Once the dealer |
| has been made by a machine, then there are bound | | | | knows that they're talking to someone who knows |
| to be other copies of it even in your own | | | | that they're looking at, they'll give up trying to pull a |
| neighborhood. Make sure that you're not being | | | | fast one on you. |