We go to estate sales virtually every weekend and come across a wide array of unique items.  We are constantly adding to our growing online inventory.  We pick up new items from all over the world and all over the United States.  We add 25-50 new items every week and we will be continually expanding upon that number of new items weekly.  If you'd like to, feel free to add us to your saved seller's list and check back often.  We would be honored to add you to our repeat customer list.  We also put items on sale regularly, so keep an eye out for new sale items.


There is always a Sale by TheBay.


We ask what we consider to be a fair price for anything we sell.  We understand that our idea of a fair price may be someone else's 'that's too much' cost.  If that's the case, feel free to make us an offer and will consider it.  However, please avoid making lowball offers.  If you make us a lowball offer, we will thank you kindly for your interest and respectfully decline your offer.


Now onto the item for sale.


For sale is a vintage Turkish copper pot that has absolutely insane hand etched artwork covering its entire body.


We picked up three Turkish copper pots and this is the best of them all. The artwork covering this piece was clearly hand done. You can see all the tell tail signs of being etched by hand when you inspect the artwork under magnification.


This large pot resembles an upside down top hat that I believe is referred to as a dovetail shape. The bottom has rounded just a bit over the decades, so the pot doesn't sit perfectly flat and is somewhat off kilter. What it lacks in balance, it more than makes up for in the artwork put into this beautiful piece.


The body of this pot has four individual scenes framed in by an ornate border. Each scene depicts women doing various activities and each scene is an incredible work of art on its own. We took pictures of each scene for you to see them for yourself.


This copper pot is in excellent condition with no damage and a slight patina.


It stands roughly 6 1/2" tall with an 8" diameter at the top.


This item will weigh 3 to 4 pounds when packed for shipping.  We offer several insured shipping options for this item, just make your selection at checkout.


Thanks for looking and God bless!


PLEASE NOTE:  Ebay has been having an ongoing problem with FedEx shipping charges.  More often than not, the shipping cost quoted on the item page will increase when eBay sends a notification/invoice to pay for your item.  We NEVER send an invoice ourselves unless a buyer hasn't paid for an item for 3-4 days.  The notification/invoice you receive is generated and sent by eBay.  We have brought this problem to eBay's attention on many occasions and the problem has yet to be resolved.  If you see that the FedEx shipping charges increased, PLEASE DO NOT PAY FOR YOUR ITEM until we send you an invoice ourselves.  Refunding money after an item is paid for is a pain in the rear (to get a credit for the charges associated with extra charges) and we still have to absorb the 15% that eBay and Paypal charged us on the money we refund.  We will send you an invoice with the originally quoted shipping fees by the end of the day, or the next morning if the purchase is made late at night.

Ebay is currently working on resolving this issue and has heard from many buyers and sellers, but it's clearly taking awhile since the problem has been ongoing for several months now.  If you look at many of our other items, you may not see this disclaimer yet, but it applies to all items that include any FedEx shipping options.  We do not have the multitude of hours required to update several hundred listings, so we will be updating them when they are relisted.

If you have experienced this problem, please understand the problem lies with either eBay, or FedEx (according to eBay, they aren't sure as of yet) and sellers are NOT increasing the FedEx shipping fees.  Please contact eBay and inform them of the problem, so that they from enough people and finally get this major inconvenience fixed.


We have never received a negative feedback in over 14 years on eBay.  We understand that our customers don't have the security of picking up our items and inspecting them in their hands.  We take numerous pictures of all of our items and provide a detailed description of any imperfections we may find.  That doesn't mean we always get it correct.  If we don't, we won't throw you out with the bath water.  We accept returns for any reason and give you 14 days to make your decision.  Even if you decide you just don't like or want the item, let us know, send it back and we'll return your payment immediately upon receiving the item back.


We also pack our items very well.  We use bubble wrap and/or packaging peanuts along with thick cardboard boxes.  If an item is breakable, we clearly mark that on every side of the box except the bottom.  We have received dozens of positive comments regarding our packaging and we will always package our items with the same care as we would want our purchases to be packed.