From: Gary Tefft / locustent@aol.com
Location: Menomonee Falls, WI
Date: 12/6/99
Time: 11:37:22 PM
Unsigned cap bowls are usually seen priced from about 85% of the low end, all the way up to the top of the range listed for signed pieces. In this vicinity, they are not too hard to find in shops or at flea markets, so when they are over-priced, they tend to sit unsold forever. The fun thing is, to find the dealer who is oblivious to the significance of the signature, who prices a signed one at the price that the unsigned ones sell for.
The cap bowls seem to always have an "A", "B" or "C" (Unless it was washot-out of the mold. The letters don't seem to reliably refer to any one style. Actually, there are more than three styles, but only the three letters used.
-Gary-