Chinese Export Vases
CHINESE EXPORT STYLE
Expanded trade between Europe and East Asia, starting in the 16th century, led to a booming market for exported goods, particularly furniture. This was bolstered by the establishment of the Dutch and English East India Companies at the beginning of the 17th century. From folding screens and chairs to lacquer tables and silver, Chinese Export furniture was in demand and regularly copied and imitated, leading to styles like chinoiserie and Chinese Chippendale.
The expansion of exporting that had strengthened the arts during the Ming dynasty continued into the Qing dynasty era — Chinese designers made many furniture pieces specifically for export, resulting in distinctive designs that mixed traditional techniques with forms appealing to foreign buyers. For instance, cabinetmakers in Canton (modern-day Guangzhou) were prolific in crafting hardwood furniture for export in European styles that involved the expert joinery techniques of Chinese furniture. Designs for Chinese Export porcelain, cabinets, decorative objects and other furniture were often more ornately adorned than they would be for a local audience, such as with mother-of-pearl overlays or surfaces featuring lavish pictorial scenes or gold on black motifs. Some were even commissioned by wealthy European families to be adorned with their coat of arms.
Because lacquer furniture was especially prized, and the resin used to create it was difficult to import as it would harden during the long voyage, artisans in China and Japan exported numerous lacquer pieces. Long before lacquer made its way to Japan, the Chinese treated the material differently. They used it to create smooth, glossy surfaces, but also for carving, an art that began in the 12th century and is exclusively Chinese. These pieces are called cinnabar lacquer after the powdered mercury sulfide (cinnabar) employed to produce their characteristic red hue. A popular form for export was a compact cabinet with drawers, usually displayed on a small table. Undecorated furniture built in Europe was also shipped to China to be lacquered. The international exchange of design would influence furniture into the 19th century and later, informing styles such as Art Deco and Art Nouveau.
Find a collection of antique Chinese Export tables, beds, cupboards, table lamps and more furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Chinese Export
Pr Faux Swedish Porphyry Ceramic Covered Vases w/ Sea Creatures Design in Relief
Located in New York, NY
A pair of large and extremely decorative Chinese export faux Swedish Porphyry ceramic covered vases with various sea creature designs in high relief. These are truly a gorgeous pair ...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Pair Antique Chinese Hand-Painted Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair antique Chinese hand-painted vases will make a colorful addition to your decor. Using several shades of green combined with blue and a brick red, a scene of entertaining at the ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Petite Famille Rose Canton Vase, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the 1920s during China's Republic Period, this petite vase is decorated in a style known as Canton enamel, so named for the long-standing industry of export enamels based in...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Copper
Pair of Blue and White Porcelain Vases with Water Lillies
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese blue and white vases with classic form and hand decorated in an unusual modern style with a waterlily motif all around.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White and Blue Character Lidded Ginger Jar Vases
Located in Queens, NY
3 antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) similar ceramic ginger jars with blue floral designs surrounding bold, centered characters and geometric patterned bands leading to brown rustic...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Two Chinese Gilt Bronze Mounted Cloisonné Enamel Vases
Located in London, GB
These cloisonné enamel vases are wonderful pieces of Chinese decorative art. They were crafted in the last decade of the Qing dynasty, which lasted from 1644 to 1911.
The vases a...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Enamel, Bronze, Ormolu
Mid Century Chinese Hand-Painted Porcelain Jardiniere On Hardwood Stand
Located in Germantown, MD
A Mid Century Chinese Hand-Painted Porcelain Jardiniere On Hardwood Stand.
Great vintage condition
Measures 14.5" in. Diameter, 11.5" in top opening diameter, 16" in height on sta...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Cloisonné Vase with Lid Flower Decoration China circa 1950
Located in Milan, Italy
Chinese lidded vase in cloisonne and gilt bronze enamel, probably from the first half of the 20th century. The domed lid with finial in the shape of a seated Buddhist lion overlooks ...
Category
1950s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Bronze
Huge Antique Chinese Paper Mache Floor Vase with Hand-Painted Gilt Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large antique floor vase is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from China and date to approximately 1920 and done in a period Chi...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Paper
Blue and White Chinese Lidded Ginger Jar, Vase or Urn, Signed on Bottom
Located in Manhasset, NY
Blue and white Chinese lidded ginger jar. Large and Impressive. Signed on bottom is this very impressive lidded jar from China having a long heavy bottom and a lid with a handle. 19t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Large Chinese Celadon Porcelain Vase
Located in Bradenton, FL
Early 20th Century Chinese Celadon Porcelain Vase. Vase features traditional celadon green glaze over intricate floral scrollwork and Chinese medallions. Vase is heavy in weight and ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Large 19th Century Chinese Rose Medallion Vase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A large very good quality 19th century Chinese Cantonese (Rose medallion) vase, having the classical green ground with classical scrolling foliate and motif decoration, inset painted...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
French Samson Porcelain Chinese Export Style 4-Piece Garniture Set
By Samson & Cie
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Samson Porcelain Chinese Export Style 4-Piece Garniture Set
France, Circa 1950s
Consisting of four pieces, each one decorated in the Chinese Export style with hanging baskets of flowers in vignettes with floral surrounds, painted in a subtle palette of reds, blues and gilt decoration.
The two covered vases with resting lion lids...
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20th Century French Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Export Porcelain American* Market Landscape Vases & Covers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese Export Porcelain American* Market Landscape Vases & Covers
China, Circa 1800
* American/ European Market, considered to the Chinese to be the same market, by many. it's been suggested the front and back vignettes of houses in landscape on this model, were painted from a European print the Chinese porcelain workshops acquired.
A extraordinary find, a pair of Chinese Export Porcelain American/ European Market painted in sepia, colors and gilt vases & covers, with twelve (12) placed American/ European and Chinese motif vignettes.
Each vase complete with its original cover/ lid with gilt recumbent foo-dog, with two front and back oval vignettes of a Chinese tree in landscape.
Each of the baluster vases, exquisitely hand-painted front and back with a similar American/ European topographical view of country houses with trees landscape. (The Chinese porcelain workshops probably copied these scenes from a European print) Surrounded by an elaborate painted and enameled trellis with vines and leaves.
Some traces worn, additional gilt decoration is evident.
Both sides of the vases are decorated with an upper elongated cartouche painted...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Pink background Cloisonné "Hundred Antiques" Pattern vase & Stand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
20th century Chinese export Pink background Cloisonné "Hundred Antiques" Pattern vase & carved hardwood Stand
Indulge in the allure of Chinese craftsmanship with this exquisite 2...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Blue and White Dragon Meiping Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese blue-and-white porcelain has inspired ceramists worldwide since cobalt was first introduced to China from the Middle East thousands of years ago. Made in Beijing, this contem...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Late Qing Dynasty Large Baluster Famille Rose "Hundred Antiques" Jar
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A late Qing Dynasty Chinese large Baluster Famille Rose "Hundred Antiques" Jar, A multitude of decorative objects and flowers in polychrome enamels and ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Chinese Vase Ch'ing Dynasty Woman with Deer
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful antique Chinese vase from the Pink Family of the Ch'ing dynasty, from the late 1700s - early 1800s circa. The antique Chinese vase is hand painted and depicts a peasant woman with a deer and a child in scenes of Chinese daily life of the period.
The Chinese vase...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Mid 20th Century Chinese Hand Paint Porcelain Vase
Located in Pomona, CA
This magnificent Chinese porcelain vases was hand made and hand paint from famous Chinese Porcelain. It has hand painted Chinese traditional folks arts of "Fu Shou Yan nian, Fu Gui R...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Mahogany Flower Vase Base / Stand
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese carved mahogany flower pot base / stand with a circular surface to hold a pot or vase, resting on four bowed and carved feet with a circular stretcher.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Wood
Vintage Hand Made Chinese Cloisonne Vase
Located in Pomona, CA
This magnificent Chinese Antique Cloisonné Vases is the perfect decor piece. with beautiful floral and bird design, it is a majestically hand...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Copper
Chinese Blue and White Koi Bottleneck Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Revered for centuries for its elegant designs and rich cobalt blue and pure white colors, traditional Chinese blue-and-white porcelain lives on in this hand-painted bottleneck vase. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Chinese Hand-Woven Bamboo Vase
Located in Pomona, CA
This rare and magnificent Vintage Chinese bamboo vase was 100% hand woven with bamboo strips. It has very exquisite bamboo weave honesty with detailed dragon carving on the side ears. It is truly an antique and collectible...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Bamboo
Pair of Antique Chinese Beige and Orange Foo Dog Patterned Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Antique Chinese (late 19th-early 20th Century) porcelain urn-form vases with a pattern featuring swirling orange foo dogs against a gray-beige background. (PRICED AS PAIR)
C...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of, Vintage Decorative Vases, Oriental, Ceramic, Baluster Urn, 20th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of vintage decorative vases. An Oriental, ceramic baluster urn with painted detail, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1990.
Attractive vases with good detail
...
Category
Late 20th Century Asian Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Baluster Vase, Decorative, Oriental, Ceramic, Urn, 20th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage baluster vase, a highly decorative, oriental ceramic urn dating to the mid 20th century.
Of classic form and in good proportion
...
Category
20th Century Asian Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Style Monumental Porcelain Floor Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese style (19/20th Cent) monumental porcelain floor vase with orange, blue & white colors and floral decoration with scalloped top.
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with a...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Pair of Oversized Papier Maché Chinese Vases
Located in London, GB
Pair of oversized Chinese vases crafted from papier-mâché, featuring elegant reliefs of pheasants and floral motifs. The vases display a classic, mid-century style, with intricate de...
Category
1950s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Wood, Paper
Vintage Chinese Hand Painted Porcelain Floral Ginger Jar
Located in Pomona, CA
This large porcelain ginger jar with lid has a stunning hand painted design of flowers, vines, leaves and butterflies. Beautiful colors of Pink, Orange, Green, Yellow and Blue plants...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Handpainted Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Bowl
Located in Brea, CA
an antique handpainted red Chinese porcelain big bowl, there is a pattern in the bottom of the bowl, mark hand painted. , Measures: 10” x 4.5 ''bow...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Petite Famille Verte Canton Vase, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the 1920s during China's Republic Period, this petite vase is decorated in a style known as Canton enamel, so named for the long-standing industry of export enamels based in...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Copper
Pair of Chinese Cobalt Blue and Incised Dragon Motif Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese cobalt blue vases in ginger jar shapes, covered with incised patterns of dragons and curvilinear designs, and bearing small white rectangles featuring blue characters...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese White and Blue Squared Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (19th century) white ceramic vase with a squared form wrapped in dark blue geometric patterns, and adorned with blue foo dog door knockers...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Pink and White Porcelain Double Gourd Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese (late 19th Century) white porcelain vases with pink pastoral scenes sweeping around the double gourd forms, and red and gold patterned bands at the bottoms, centers a...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Vase of Ladies in the Garden
Located in Milano, IT
Antique Chinese porcelain vase from the period of the rose family. On the surface there is a scene of everyday life with four elegant women as protagonists who spend their time in th...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Chinese Blue and White Dragon Vase
Located in San Marino, CA
Fine porcelain Chinese mid-20th century blue and white traditional gourd shaped vase, featuring a large four-clawed dragon. Beautiful cloud motif ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
19th Century Hand Painted / Gilt Footed Satsuma Vase
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Step into the allure of the 19th century with this exquisite Hand-Painted and Gilt Footed Satsuma Vase. Meticulously crafted, this vase embodies the artistic finesse and cultural her...
Category
19th Century Asian Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Gold
Pair of Chinese Teal Nine-Peach Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese (Mid-20th Century) teal porcelain vases depicting a playful figurative scene of children at play in and around a peach tree and nine ripe peaches in total, symbolizin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 3 Chinese Style Black and White Porcelain Temple Jars
Located in Queens, NY
SET of 3 Asian Chinese style black and white temple jars with covers having green and pink floral decoration (19/20th Cent) *One with a hairline crack. (PRICED AS SET) (matching pair...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Blue Chinese Antique Famille Rose Porcelain Vases
Located in Pomona, CA
Look at this magnificent Chinese antique Famille Rose porcelain vases. It was hand made and hand paint from famous Chinese Porcelain. Ea...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Archaic Style Cloisonné & Lacquer Elephant Motif Censor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century Chinese Archaic style Cloisonné & Lacquer Elephant Motif Censor
With Associated later lacquer & bronze pagoda lid, resting on a gilt bronze Cloisonné elephant motif th...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Chinese Red and White Porcelain Jars or Vases
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Enchanting pair of Chinese porcelain jars handcrafted in classic form and hand decorated in red and white floral designs.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Large Vintage Decorative Chinese Cloissone Vase with Imperial Dragon Handles
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large vintage cloissone vase is signed by an unknown maker, and originated from China dating to approximately 1980 and done in a Chinese Export st...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Brass
Early 20 Century Vintage Chinese Dark Green Glaze Pottery Vase/Liquor Bottle
Located in Pomona, CA
Our wonderful collection of handmade old vintage Chinese hand made glazed pottery vase/liquor bottle will make great accent pieces for any room of your house. It has some imperfection signs of age and usage on the mouth of vase and distressed patina. Take a close look at the pictures, there are some Buddha symbols...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Chinese Cobalt Blue and Incised Motif Meiping Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese cobalt blue vases in Meiping shapes, covered with incised patterns of dragons and curvilinear designs, and bearing small white rectangles featuring blue characters (P...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Bronze Chinese Dragon Vase
Located in San Diego, CA
Wonderfully detailed bronze Chinese dragon vase, circa mid-20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Chinese Olive-Colored Porcelain Meiping Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of similar antique Chinese (early 19th Century) Meiping form porcelain vases in a deep olive green teadust glaze (mark on bottom, see photos) (PRICED AS PAIR).
Condition: Good;...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Green Floral Scrolling Design Ginger Jar Vases
Located in Queens, NY
3 Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) similar green ginger jars with floral scrolling designs surrounding circular, yellow, centered emblems, unglazed openings, and a hole in the ba...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Fine and Rare Pair of Large Rose Medallion Lidded Vases, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality large pair of 19th century Chinese rose medallion or Cantonese lidded vases, each with female figures as finials and handles to the sides. Having the classical gr...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Tall Chinese Porcelain Bottle Vase Sapphire Blue 6 Char Mark, Late 19thC Qing
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very beautiful, highly decorative Tall Chinese bottle vase with a monochrome or single glaze colour of a fine sapphire-blue, which we date to the late 19th century, Qing period .
This Chinese Export vase is well potted on a fairly tall foot, having a globular body, with a long cylindrical stick neck. On close inspection the glaze has a beautiful finely speckled texture, the depth of colour draining from the top rim where it is slightly lighter to a darker shade at the foot where the glaze thickens. The foot rim is well hand cut with an orange coloured iron oxide ring just above the foot rim and below the glaze, where the air hit the porcelain in the kiln. This is a heavy vase weighing about 2.75 Kg unpacked.
The blue is a superb shade of dark sapphire / steel /dark sky blue colour.
The inner neck area and centre of the base are also glazed.
The base carries a hand painted six figure apocryphal Qing Kangxi ( 1662 to 1722) mark but this piece dates to the late 19th Century, in the later part of the Qing Dynasty.
These single colour monochrome vases are often small with heights of about 7 or 8 inches but this is a much larger piece measuring well over 14 inches in height. Its elegant form, reminiscent of the traditional Guanyin vases...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Jingdezhen Tri-Color Phoenix-Tail Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) porcelain phoenix tail vase with a Jingdezhen style tri-color overglaze with a deep green, swirl-patterned ground and pale pink, yellow and blue ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese White and Blue Floral and Character Ginger Jar Vases
Located in Queens, NY
5 Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) similar porcelain ginger jars with blue floral designs around bold, centered characters and geometric bands leading to unglazed rims (jars vary...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Hand Painted Cantonese Vase
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th century hand painted Cantonese vase in the Famille Rose style. The baluster-shaped body with brightly painted panels depicts interior sc...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Dark Brown Glaze Pottery Urn/Vase
Located in Pomona, CA
Our wonderful collection of handmade old vintage Chinese hand made glazed pottery vase will make great accent pieces for any room of your house. It has some imperfection signs of age...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Two Chinese Qing Dynasty Porcelain Vases with Gilt Bronze Bases
Located in London, GB
These porcelain vases are exquisite pieces of antique Chinese decorative art. They were crafted in the late Qing dynasty, which lasted f...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Chinese Red Painted Wooden Flower Vase Base / Stand
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese carved red painted wooden flower pot base / stand with a circular surface to hold a pot or vase, resting on four bowed and carved feet with a circular stretcher.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Wood
Chinese Porcelain Baluster Vase With Cobalt Blue Floral Decoration
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest that you read the entire description, as with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to ensure the authenticity of our objects.
Valuabl...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Langyao Emerald Green Glazed Footed Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese bulbous footed porcelain vase crafted in the Lang kiln (Langyao) in a dazzling and uniform emerald green glaze with a strong glass-like luster, shift...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export vases for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Chinese Export vases for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage vases created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, asian art and furniture, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, porcelain and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Chinese Export vases made in a specific country, there are Asia, East Asia, and China pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original vases, popular names associated with this style include Ben Owen III, CANTON FAMILLE ROSE, Capo Di Monte, and Europa Antiques. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for vases differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $175 and tops out at $45,000 while the average work can sell for $1,725.