Does anyone know anything about valuing objay dart?

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I want to eBay something but have No Idea what sort of value to place on it, or even how to describe it. It is a terracotta statuette of a Native American woman breastfeeding an infant (from MIL - she thinks BF-ing is my hobby, I think).

The reason I'm stressing about it is that she made a big deal of how much it cost when she gave it to us, so I don't want to sell it on for buttons

It has no stamps on it that I can see

I will try to put a picture up for you all to have a laugh at if I can work out the technology, but does anyone have any idea in the meantime?

I was going to suggest searching completed auctions on eBay but it sounds a bit, uh, unique.

Do you know where she bought it from? Might help if you know the artist or even the tribe, and start with a Google search.

Thank you nine.

Pictures on profile now. CHECK them OUT!

Hm - she looks a bit - er - detached!

No idea though, sorry, pw.

How much would you pay for it WW

Just out of interest

Doesn't have to be pounds and pence, could be other units (berries, ounces of tummy-button fluff)

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she isn't native american
she is peruvian

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and if your MIL gave it to you and spent a lot of thought and money on it, why are you selling it?

you can tell by the hat

ooooOOOOOOoooohhh

Cold hard FACTS

That is useful Minty thank you.

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Because we hate it, and it's been sitting in the attic in bubble-wrap for about two years now. I do feel a bit bad about it, but someone else might get some pleasure out of it...

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here you go a load of peruvian clay figures like yours on bizrate

she is quite like yours without the norks and only forty bucks

Gosh, you are a marvel. That does look like the sort of thing.

oi!
aren't you impressed that within 30 seconds of looking at your picture I told you where she was from AND found a collection of them on the net?
aren't you?

I KNEW my art history degree would come in useful one day

at stretching the definition of art

whoops cross posted sorry!

pw's woman is bit artier than your one without the norks though, minty - must be worth more than that?

You're quite demanding aren't you

You've got a soft spot for her haven't you WW

I will let you know when I list her

Ooooh the profile labels are back.

Actually, thinking about it, MN's temporary death this evening did coincide with me setting up my profile.

She has a sweet face, pw (apart from total detachment - PND do you think?)

How big is she? I only have a tiny house...minty has tons of room, make her buy it

But Minty, you can buy 'ats like that on the Portobello Road