Grayso Enterprise Ltd. Firs Newspape Rights Pag 1 Copyrigh 1989 95 words LAD FAC VASES GRAC BAI COLLECTOR Writte an Photographe b Jun Grayson Le th unimaginativ collecto us th prosai ter "hea vases. Grac Bai o Urbana Illinois call he collectio "celebrit lad fac vases o "celebrit lad heads. Corne shelve i on roo o he hom displa specia selectio o vase tha remin he o th beautifu wome American hav admire durin th Twentiet century Sh ha mad nam tag t identif the all. Bai wa th principa o Washingto Elementar Schoo i Urbana Illinois Afte he retirement sh an he husban travele t are fle market an antiqu show a hobby Sinc hi death sh ha furthe develope secon caree a a antiqu dealer Sh display he ware i tw room i Secon Han Rose a antiqu mal i Urbana. Sh remember whe sh sa he firs hea vas i th 1950s " picke on a containe t sen bouque t sic friend, Bai says Mad ou o bisqu china i wa reasonabl price novelty A fa a w know manufacturer firs mad hea vase i th 1940 an 1950 fo flora arrangements Sinc th vase wer s small floris coul no mak muc mone sellin flowe arrangemen i suc vase Consequently the becam dus collector i flowe sho workroom an closets I fact i yo wan t collec hea vases yo ma b luck enoug t fin wel-establishe flora sho tha stil ha som tha hav bee forgotte i th stoc room an tha yo coul arrang t bu a reasponabl price Man o the wer mad i Japa an importe t thi country Som ma als hav bee manufacture here Man o th vase hav mark o th botto tha enabl on t determine te approximat tim o manufactur an th deale o importer However man hav n mark a all whic make i difficul o impossibl t determin thei origins Lefton' an Napc ar tw name commonl see o label bu no muc els i know abou them Som vase carr th sam mark bu ar differen i detail an eve sizes Perhap w wil neve b abl t lear everythin abou th origin o thes collectibles. " remembe sellin som tha looke lik Marily Monro befor becam intereste i collectin the myself, Bai says. "Yo coul bu the the fo fift cent a fle market an secon han shops No a ordinar hea vas ma cos $12.0 an nice one ma cos $2.0 o $30.0 i th shops. Bai ha almos fort hea vase i he collection bu th one sh like bes ar thos tha loo lik famou movi stars. "Bcaus o copyrigh law thes vase weren' advertise a likenesse o famou women, Bai explains "Som o them, however suc a on tha resemble Jacki Kennedy ar obviou portrayals." Thi categor o collectibl i no ye liste i mos antiqu encyclopedia an pric guides Kathlee Col ha writte boo calle "Hea Vase Indentificatio an Values" publishe i 198 b Collecto Books describin he collectio o ove 1,00 vases The rang i siz fro tw inche t eleve inche tal an com i al style religious clowns animals orientals blacks Indians men women an children I yo ar intereste i collectin hea vases yo ma wan t confin you purchase t specifi category a Bai does. Collector wh ar intereste i memorabili o onl on perso ma b abl t fin hea vas resemblin tha perso t roun ou collection S far Bai ha fiftee "celebrit vase" includin thos tha loo t he lik Angel Lansbury Ginge Rogers Donn Reid an others "I eve sel m collection woul wan th ne owne t b someon wh woul bu i al an kee i together, Bai says. Onc yo star lookin fo them yo wil fin som example o ever on o you outings Becom acquainte wit prevailin marke price befor yo bu s tha yo wil no pa to muc fo nondescrip examples Yo shoul bu onl thos tha yo lik an tha ar i goo condition I i har t resel defectiv ones Bai advises D no b afrai t bu duplicate i yo ca fin the a bargain Yo ca alway trad wit othe collector o dealers. I yo fal i lov wit specia vas tha i trul unique bu i eve i i i no bargain Yo ma b happie wit on wonderfu vas tha tw commonplac ones. Yo wil recogniz glaze whit chin hea vas i th Ar Dec styl a trul representativ o th Ar Dec period (Se slid # lef han vase) frien o Bair's wh i als a antiqu dealer use i a log fo he busines an o he busines cards. Bai i happ tha s man peopl ar becomin collectors "Man thing wer throw awa tha shoul hav bee kept W ar preservin ou heritag fo ou childre an grandchildre by savorin an treasurin item fro ou nation' past, Bai says Wha ar w throwin awa no tha wil becom th collectibl o th future Bai agree wit th movie "Th Graduate" starrin Dusti Hoffman Plastic i th plac t be. Bakelit radio ar ho seller a are fle markets " sol n ol plasti necklac b famou designe fo $300.0 an coul sel anothe on fo mor tha tha i coul fin one, Bai says Bai stil hope t ad t an upgrad he collectio o celebrit lad fac vases Wh know wha treasure nex week' garag sale ma yield! #####