MCCOY POTTERY ONLINE REFERENCE GUIDE
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    • Arcature line
    • Ashtrays
    • Baskets
    • Blossomtime
    • Bookends
    • Bulb Dishes and Flower Bowls
    • Calypso line
    • Candleholders
    • Cookie Jars >
      • Cylinders
      • Home and Hearth
      • Non-production and Rarities
      • Planes, Trains and Automobiles
      • Send in The Clowns
      • Shapes Aplenty
      • The Produce Stand
      • The Zoo
    • Cope Gallery
    • Crestwood Line
    • Early Novelties and Miniatures >
      • Flower Bowl Ornaments
      • Flower Holders
      • Stretch Animals
      • Miniatures
    • Embossed Basketweave
    • Flowerpots >
      • Stoneware Flowerpots.
      • Early Artware Flowerpots
      • Flowerpot Frenzy
      • Late Production Flowerpots
    • Garden Club
    • Golden Fantasy Line
    • Grecian Line
    • Hanging Planters
    • Harmony Line
    • Jardinieres and Pedestals >
      • Jardinieres >
        • Stoneware Jards
        • Early Artware Jards
        • Just Jardinieres
        • Late Production Jards
      • Jardiniere and Pedestal sets
    • J.W. McCoy >
      • Rosewood
      • Carnelian
    • Lamp bases and TV Lamps
    • Matte Glaze Stoneware
    • Marks
    • McCoy in the Kitchen >
      • Dinnerware >
        • Amber-Ware
        • Avocado Capri
        • Bluefield
        • Brown Drip
        • Canyon and Mesa
        • Daisy Delight
        • Gourmet Parisianne
        • Graystone
        • Mediterranean
        • Sahara
        • Sandstone
        • Stonecraft
        • Strawberry Country
        • Suburbia
        • La Red and La Bleu
        • Leaves and Berries
      • Kitchenware >
        • Black Diamond
        • Blue Country
        • Blue Willow
        • CitroRamics
        • Cook-Serve Ware
        • Country Accents
        • Down on the Farm
        • El Rancho
        • Esmond by McCoy
        • Floral Country
        • Fruit Festival
        • Grand Victorian
        • Happy Face
        • Happytime
        • Hostess Line
        • Islander Line
        • Lost Glaze
        • Morano
        • Pasta Corner
        • Spice Delight
        • Spirit of '76
        • Vegetable Patch
        • Western Ware
        • Wood and White
        • Yorkville Rooster
      • The Catch-All Drawer >
        • Baking Dishes and Bean Pots
        • Canisters and Storage
        • Decanters
        • Pitchers and Carafes
        • Mixing and Salad Bowls
        • Mugs and Steins
        • Platters, Plates and Trivets
        • Tea and Coffee Servers
    • McCoy Collection
    • McCoy Limited
    • Miscellaneous pieces >
      • Birdbaths
      • Collector signs
      • Paperweights
      • Pansy Rings
      • Plaques and wall hangers
      • Odds and ends
    • Pedestal Line
    • Planters >
      • Animal Planters
      • Fancy and Figural Planters
      • Functional Planters
    • Rarities and Non-Production pieces
    • Rippleware Line
    • Rustic Line
    • Sand Jars, Porch Jars, Oil jars, Umbrella stands
    • Silhouette Line
    • Sports Collection
    • Starburst Line
    • Swirl Line
    • Test Glaze pieces
    • Tierra Line
    • Vases >
      • Stoneware vases
      • Early Pastels
      • Diminutive Dynamos
      • Early artware
      • Mid century and more!
      • Funky and Fabulous
      • Late Production Vases
    • Vesta Line
    • Wall Pockets
    • Wild Rose
  • Catalogs and Ephemera
  • Pickin' Tips and Tricks
  • Lend A Hand
    • Photo needs
  • Contributions and Acknowledgements
  • Contact

Pickin' Tips and Tricks

We all have our own little routines, ways to shop, places to search...
Even the pros need a hand on occasion.
We will gather what we and others have learned and post it here!
​Happy Hunting!!!
First and foremost... Make sure you bookmark the ONLY comprehensive online McCoy pottery reference. Right here at the McCoy Pottery Museum!

The McCoy Pottery Collectors Society has a very impressive listing of fakes and reproductions. In the spirit of cooperation with the MPCS we provide this quick link to those galleries. Don't forget to browse the website while you are there!
Learn about fakes and reproductions

Make sure you are checking your local Auctionzip and Craigslist postings frequently!
Don't forget, to "look ahead" to areas you plan to visit! Headed to an out of state wedding? Grab the zip code and search before you go.
Show up to family functions happy for once because you scored some McCoy!

Antique store datbase.

antique-store-database-post.pdf
File Size: 780 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File


A U.S. bill of any denomination measures ~6"
​Great way to measure pots in a pinch!


Reference Guides

McCoy Pottery Reference and Value Guide Vol. 1-3 by Craig Nissen, Margaret and Bob Hanson
Sanford's Guide to McCoy Pottery By Martha and Steve Sanford

Also suggested:
McCoy Pottery; The Ultimate Reference and Value Guide by Bob Hanson and Craig Nissen
The Collector's Guide to McCoy Pottery by Sharon and Bob Huxford
Warman's McCoy Pottery 1st and 2nd edition by Mark F. Moran
Warman's Companion McCoy Pottery 1st and 2nd edition by Mark F. Moran
McCoy Wall Pockets and Decorations Identification and Value by Craig Nissen
McCoy Cookie Jars; From the First to the Latest by Harold Nichols
Sanford's McCoy In-Your-Pocket A to Z by Martha and Steve Sanford and T.J. Hose
The Real McCoy Vol. 1&2 by Pamela Coates
McCoy Pottery by Jeffery B. Snyder
More to come!
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  • Home
  • Reference guide
    • Antiqua line
    • Antique Curio line
    • Artisan line
    • Arcature line
    • Ashtrays
    • Baskets
    • Blossomtime
    • Bookends
    • Bulb Dishes and Flower Bowls
    • Calypso line
    • Candleholders
    • Cookie Jars >
      • Cylinders
      • Home and Hearth
      • Non-production and Rarities
      • Planes, Trains and Automobiles
      • Send in The Clowns
      • Shapes Aplenty
      • The Produce Stand
      • The Zoo
    • Cope Gallery
    • Crestwood Line
    • Early Novelties and Miniatures >
      • Flower Bowl Ornaments
      • Flower Holders
      • Stretch Animals
      • Miniatures
    • Embossed Basketweave
    • Flowerpots >
      • Stoneware Flowerpots.
      • Early Artware Flowerpots
      • Flowerpot Frenzy
      • Late Production Flowerpots
    • Garden Club
    • Golden Fantasy Line
    • Grecian Line
    • Hanging Planters
    • Harmony Line
    • Jardinieres and Pedestals >
      • Jardinieres >
        • Stoneware Jards
        • Early Artware Jards
        • Just Jardinieres
        • Late Production Jards
      • Jardiniere and Pedestal sets
    • J.W. McCoy >
      • Rosewood
      • Carnelian
    • Lamp bases and TV Lamps
    • Matte Glaze Stoneware
    • Marks
    • McCoy in the Kitchen >
      • Dinnerware >
        • Amber-Ware
        • Avocado Capri
        • Bluefield
        • Brown Drip
        • Canyon and Mesa
        • Daisy Delight
        • Gourmet Parisianne
        • Graystone
        • Mediterranean
        • Sahara
        • Sandstone
        • Stonecraft
        • Strawberry Country
        • Suburbia
        • La Red and La Bleu
        • Leaves and Berries
      • Kitchenware >
        • Black Diamond
        • Blue Country
        • Blue Willow
        • CitroRamics
        • Cook-Serve Ware
        • Country Accents
        • Down on the Farm
        • El Rancho
        • Esmond by McCoy
        • Floral Country
        • Fruit Festival
        • Grand Victorian
        • Happy Face
        • Happytime
        • Hostess Line
        • Islander Line
        • Lost Glaze
        • Morano
        • Pasta Corner
        • Spice Delight
        • Spirit of '76
        • Vegetable Patch
        • Western Ware
        • Wood and White
        • Yorkville Rooster
      • The Catch-All Drawer >
        • Baking Dishes and Bean Pots
        • Canisters and Storage
        • Decanters
        • Pitchers and Carafes
        • Mixing and Salad Bowls
        • Mugs and Steins
        • Platters, Plates and Trivets
        • Tea and Coffee Servers
    • McCoy Collection
    • McCoy Limited
    • Miscellaneous pieces >
      • Birdbaths
      • Collector signs
      • Paperweights
      • Pansy Rings
      • Plaques and wall hangers
      • Odds and ends
    • Pedestal Line
    • Planters >
      • Animal Planters
      • Fancy and Figural Planters
      • Functional Planters
    • Rarities and Non-Production pieces
    • Rippleware Line
    • Rustic Line
    • Sand Jars, Porch Jars, Oil jars, Umbrella stands
    • Silhouette Line
    • Sports Collection
    • Starburst Line
    • Swirl Line
    • Test Glaze pieces
    • Tierra Line
    • Vases >
      • Stoneware vases
      • Early Pastels
      • Diminutive Dynamos
      • Early artware
      • Mid century and more!
      • Funky and Fabulous
      • Late Production Vases
    • Vesta Line
    • Wall Pockets
    • Wild Rose
  • Catalogs and Ephemera
  • Pickin' Tips and Tricks
  • Lend A Hand
    • Photo needs
  • Contributions and Acknowledgements
  • Contact