From: Paul Kosmatka (stcloud@home.com)
Location: Minnesota
Date: 4/23/00
Time: 5:20:54 PM
Joe,
Any Red Wing crock or jug with an upside down oval is a manufacturing "oops", not intended for distribution, and therefore is rare. There are a handful of these mismarked crocks and jugs around, and probably represent less than 1 in a 1000 (personal observation, no one has any accurate statistics on this sort of thing).
As it is a manufacturing "flaw", some would not consider it desirable at all, since it wouldn't "fit" with the rest of a collection. Others would consider this more valuable and therefore the value of it depends on who you ask.
To the person who considers it desirable, I would guess $150 would be reasonable.
Paul