Always go early to the preview. Check the items you plan to bid on very thoroughly. Once the bidding gets going it can be mind numbing. And when the hammer comes down on your winning bid, it's yours. There is no return receipt.
Auctions are year around.
Due to the many alternatives in the summer months, fewer people attend auctions. We're all just too busy in the summer running from yard sale to flea market to house sale. While auction prices climb higher and flea markets bulge with new and low-end items, house sales hold promise. I thought it was an early pattern, but when I turned the pieces over, the clay was a reddish-brown indicating that these particular pieces were made after 1956 when the Frankoma Pottery Company moved to Sapulpa, Oklahoma. Earlier wares were made from a light cream-colored, almost beige clay, when they were located in Ada, Oklahoma.