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Modern Ceramics

MODERN STYLE

The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”

Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.

Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chaircrafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.

It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.

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Style: Modern
Japanese Mingei Glazed Tea Pot with Kintsugi by Shoji Hamada
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese stoneware tea pot by Hamada Shoji (Japanese 1894-1978) circa 1960-80s. The teapot is of the classic form and of a strong style of Mingei (folk ...
Category

20th Century Japanese Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Set of 3, White & Mint Green Small Ceramic Kawa Dish, Organic Porcelain Catchall
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An organic shaped porcelain dish with a tactile exterior surface and a smooth glazed interior. Small & precious, yet surprisingly practical, the Kawa Dishes are equally well-suited a...
Category

2010s American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Set of 3, White & Speckled Blue Small Ceramic Kawa Dish, Textured Porcelain bowl
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An organic shaped porcelain dish with a tactile exterior surface and a smooth glazed interior. Small & precious, yet surprisingly practical, the Kawa Dishes are equally well-suited a...
Category

2010s American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Japanese Yunomi Tea Cup Raku Ceramic Black Band
Located in monza, Monza and Brianza
Yunomi is the taller tea cup, compared to the Chawan ( that has a usage during the tea ceremony ), which has a more formal everyday tea-drinking use. The Japanese design is elegant a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Elizabeth Anderson Harbour Pottery Studio Pottery Jug and Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish and finely made studio pottery jug and vase decorated in trailed glazes by Elizabeth L Anderson and made at the Harbour Pottery at South Quay Studios in Maryport, Cumbria a...
Category

20th Century English Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

White Porcelain Kawa Vessel 8inch by Luft Tanaka Studio, handmade, ceramic
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A porcelain vessel with an fabric-like form and leather texture, made by casting liquid porcelain in sewn leather molds. Clear glaze applied on interior surface. As a result of the production process each vase is one-of-a-kind. Dimensions 7" diameter x 8" height 1 unit in stock, ships in 3-5days. Signed and dated. The Kawa Series is a collection of porcelain objects that are made by casting liquid clay into sewn leather molds. The precarious and beautifully-involved process is completely unique to Luft Tanaka Studio...
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2010s American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Ottomans Palms Handpainted Ceramic Dinenr plate Made in Italy
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
a unique piece of art totally handpainted in Italy by crafted artisand the tropical mood metts the Ottomans world
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Set of Three Unique Pieces Hand Painted Sicilian Terracotta Decorative Spheres
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Three spheres made in Sicily, in the small town of Caltagirone, world famous for handcrafted ceramics. They are especially made for our store and are unique pieces. Measures: Diamete...
Category

2010s Sicilian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Terracotta

Moorcroft Pottery Trial Plate in Daybreak Pattern by Nicola Slaney, 2017
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good example of a large plate or dish made by Moorcroft Pottery as a Trial piece in 2017. The pattern is known as Daybreak, and was designed by Nicola Slaney as a T...
Category

2010s English Modern Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Vessel 05 in Smooth Stoneware Clay. Handmade by Jade Paton for Lemon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
For the La Terra collection, Lemon collaborated with renowned artist Jade Paton. Jade creates contemporary sculptures out of clay. Her main source of inspir...
Category

2010s South African Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

Eric James Mellon Studio Pottery Experimental Glazed Cup, 2006
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine stoneware cup decorated in experimental glazes by renowned ceramic artist Eric James Mellon (British, 1925-2014) and dated 2006. Trained at the Central School of Arts and...
Category

Early 2000s English Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

John Bergen Studio Canada Hand painted Glazed Round Ceramic Vase Contemporary 80
Located in Miami, FL
Marked and Numbered John Bergen Studio Canada round Ceramic Vase, Vessel made in the 1980. Hand-painted and glazed in mellow pastel colors. The opening me...
Category

1980s Canadian Vintage Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Modern Style Set Of Six Stoneware Glasses
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Set of Six Stoneware Glasses. They depict six human wrinkled faces and are hand painted green beige with a marble appearance. At the base they are hallmarked Puerto Rico.
Category

20th Century American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

John Calver Multiple Glaze Trailed Studio Pottery Pedestal Dish
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish and well-made studio pottery pedestal dish decorated in multiple glazes by renowned Lancashire based potter John Calver and dating from the 20th or early 21st century. John...
Category

20th Century British Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Horst Kerstan Modern-Age Art Pottery Ceramic Vase
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Unique Minimalist art pottery wood-fired ceramic vase made after his trip to Japan in the first Japanese anagama wood oven in Germany. Horst Kerstan, own st...
Category

1980s German Vintage Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Stylish Pair Graduated Brown Glazed Studio Pottery Moon Vases
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very well made and stylish pair graduated studio pottery moon vases believed to date from the 20th century and probably originating from the UK. The stoneware vases are lightly potted standing on flat narrow oval shaped bases and both are hand crafted in narrow round moon shape with short narrow funnel necks and slighted everted thicker opening. The vases are decorated in splashed tenmoku brown glazes on a red brown glazed ground with a linear pattern running diagonally across the bodies. Both vases have impressed marks which we have been unable to identify, one with a series of collectors paper labels suggesting possible makers. However we have been unable to verify any of these. The dimensions provided are for the larger vase and the smaller example measures: height 16 cm, width 12.5 cm and depth 4.5 cm. Absolutely stunning display pieces...
Category

20th Century English Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Paul Northmore Jackson Abstract Colorful Hand Painted Studio Pottery Mug, 1993
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
From an extensive collection of studio pottery we are pleased to offer this fine abstract form studio pottery mug by Cornish based potter Paul Northmore...
Category

1990s English Modern Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Speckled White Flower Bottle by Jason Fox
Located in Burbank, CA
Speckled White Flower Bottle by Jason Fox. A Southern Californian for over half his life, Contemporary Ceramic Artist Jason Fox draws upon his classical education in Architecture an...
Category

2010s American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Pottery, Stoneware

Sheep Moneybox Pop Art, Set of 3 Pieces, Made in Italy, 2022, New Collection
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
These splendid ceramic creations are born from the artistic laboratory of Mosche Bianche. The piggy bank, a means that has always been used to remind us of the importance of savi...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Tim Keenan Wall Mounted Ceramic Charger
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Tim Keenan wall mounted ceramic charger. 2021.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Set of Three Ceramic Vases White and Grey by Lukas Richarz Signed French Design
By Lukas Richarz
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Lukas Richarz Set of three small ceramic vases Original white and grey ceramic colors, 21st century interior design Original perfect conditio...
Category

2010s French Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Black Star Ceramic Sculpture by Nadia Pasquer French Mid Century Design
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Nadia Pasquer Black star ceramic sculpture by french artist Nadia Pasquer Signed and dated 1998 Original perfect condition Measures: Height: 10cm large: 14cm.
Category

Late 20th Century French Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Saint Jacques Hand-Painted Salad Plates - Set of 4 Made in Italy
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Enhance your summer entertaining with the elegant Ceramic Saint Jacques Plates. Expertly handcrafted and beautifully hand-painted in Italy, these plates feature distinctive scalloped...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Maria Vessel, Handmade in Portugal
Located in Macieira de Sarnes, PT
Maria vessel in Shiny White Designed by Project 213A in 2020 Handmade Stoneware This vase is inspired by the Greco-Roman period, having a timeless appearance and finished with a contemporary textured shiny glaze. Each piece develops its own distinctive character with shades of black as it goes through the firing process. No two pieces will look alike...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Herend Queen Victoria Gravy Boat
Located in Bradenton, FL
Rare Herend Queen Victoria Gravy Boat. Gravy boat is hand-painted with butterflies and florals on a white background with gold trim throughout, giving the piece a charming, nature-...
Category

Mid-20th Century Hungarian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

"Vanadium Opal" Glazed Ceramic Car Sculpture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Keith Simpson, who grew up in St. John Washington, a farming Community of about 600 people in eastern WA state, always makes the underdog models of cars. He says, "They are like the ...
Category

2010s American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

"For Rachel" Tray
Located in Macieira de Sarnes, PT
'For Rachel' tray in cream Hand-sculpted ceramic tray with hand made rectangle shaped elements. This large sized tray is finished with a bespoke cream glaze that reveals the natural...
Category

2010s European Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Sheep Moneybox Pop Art, 22K Gold, Made in Italy, 2022, New Collection
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
These splendid ceramic creations are born from the artistic laboratory of Mosche Bianche. The piggy bank, a means that has always been used to remind us of the importance of savi...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Waylande Gregory Studios Black and Gold Ceramic Jar
Located in Houston, TX
A decorative black and gold ceramic lidded jar. A lovely catchall jar and can double as a contemporary vase. Waylande Gregory Studios was f...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

1960s Set of Two Modernist Italian Ceramic Jugs by Artigiana Ceramica Umbra
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Two multi colored ceramic huge jugs designed and hand-crafted in Italy by ceramica Artigiana Umbra, small manufacturer founded in 1956 in Città di Castello. They are in perfect condi...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

1970 Pino Castagna Italian Ceramic Set of 12 Plates
Located in Brescia, IT
Perfect condition Artist sign on the back.
Category

1970s Italian Vintage Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Set of 5 Ceramic Square Serving Bowl, Handmade Italy, 2021, Choose Your Pattern!
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
For more than 30 years this artist has revolutionized the way of thinking about stone. Their artisan techniques are the result of careful research and deep knowledge of the subject: ...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Lava

Helga Melnbarde, 'Princess', Hand Painted Ceramic Plate, Latvia, circa 1990
Located in Chatham, ON
HELGA INGEBORGA MELNBARDE - 'Princess' - Important contemporary European studio ceramic plate - hand painted on a Wedgwood 'blank' - featuring an ...
Category

Late 20th Century Latvian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Enamel

Mike Dodd Studio Pottery Green Ash Glazed Teapot and Cover
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish English studio pottery teapot and cover decorated in green ash glazes by renowned potter Mike Dodd (British, b. 1943) and dating from t...
Category

20th Century English Modern Ceramics

Materials

Clay

Amélie Handcrafted Little Glasses, Handmade in Italy 2021, Choose Size/Colours
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
This wonderful collection encourages to participate in the process of combining small pleasures into a significant whole by regarding details as both minute and essential. Our artist...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Anne A. E. Hirondelle Signed Large Modern Ceramic Pottery Glazed Vessel Teapot
By Anne Hirondelle
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully colored and glazed, rather unique piece by renowned American Pacific Northwest Coast potter Anne Hirondelle who in 1993 was a recipient of a National Endowment for the ...
Category

20th Century American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Abstract Modern Stoneware Ceramic Sculpture by Regnier in La Borne Brown Colors
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
By Regnier, in La Borne Abstract stoneware ceramic sculpture realised in 2018. Architectural form with white and brown wood firing ceramic colors. Perfect original condition...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Set of 2 Ceramic Ikat Dessert Plates - Style #123
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Elevate your dessert presentation with this Set of 2 Ceramic Ikat Dessert Plates, made in Italy. Made from 100% ceramic and featuring a distinctive ikat-inspired design, these plates...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye Stoneware Vase for Royal Copenhagen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye unique stoneware vase for Royal Copenhagen. Signed Alev. Royal Copenhagen. This item is subject to Artist's Royalty.
Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Ceramics

Materials

Clay

Amélie Tableware and Serveware, Coffee Cups, Handmade in Italy 2021
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
This wonderful collection encourages to participate in the process of combining small pleasures into a significant whole by regarding details as both minute and essential. Our artist...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

"Lapislazuli" ceramic teapot by Ettore Sottsass for Alessio Sarri
Located in Firenze, FI
"Lapis Lazuli" is one of the teapots from "The Indian Memory" collection designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1987 and now reissued by Alessio Sarri. All pieces in the collection are signe...
Category

1980s Italian Vintage Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Mini Aniela / Cherry / Circus Incense Holder by Malwina Konopacka
Located in WARSZAWA, PL
Aniela MINI is the answer to the need for a small item - a coaster that can be used to hold jewelry, sweets or burn incense sticks. Pink platter Red bal...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Ceramics

Materials

Clay

Judith Gilmour Scottish Large Slip Decorated Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and impressive slip decorated and painted studio pottery vase by renowned Scottish ceramic artist Judith Gilmour (British, 1937-2003) dating fro...
Category

1980s Scottish Vintage Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Amélie Handcrafted Jars, Handmade in Italy 2021, Choose Size/Colours
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
This wonderful collection encourages to participate in the process of combining small pleasures into a significant whole by regarding details as both minute and essential. Our artist...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Sailor Vase Handmade Textured Glaze
Located in Macieira de Sarnes, PT
The Sailor vase by project 213A has been designed in 2020 and was launched in 2021. This glaze has a rough almost sandy texture and comes in a soft brick colour Handmade in Portuga...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

Gemini Vase by Project 213A
Located in Macieira de Sarnes, PT
Gemini vase in Graphite Designed by Project 213A in 2020 Handmade Stoneware A beautiful flower arrangement can bring out the inner quality of flowers and plants, expressing emot...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

Vintage Ceramic Sculpted Octopus
Located in Miami, FL
A colorful vintage sculpture, is in very good condition. Unique and stylish, a wonderful centerpiece or focal point decor. Hand-crafted, ceramic with a glaze finish. This multicolo...
Category

20th Century Italian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage Ceramic Sculpted Octopus
Vintage Ceramic Sculpted Octopus
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Eric James Mellon Studio Pottery Experimental Glazed Cup 2006
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine stoneware cup decorated in experimental glazes by renowned ceramic artist Eric James Mellon (British, 1925-2014) and dated 2006. Trained at the Central School of Arts...
Category

Early 2000s English Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Large Orange Vase by Doa Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Large Orange vase by Doa Ceramics Dimensions: 12" in Materials: Ceramic. Technique: Hand-crafted. Freeform. Glazed.
Category

2010s Turkish Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Sheila Casson Chestnut Salt Glazed Studio Pottery Jug
By Sheila Casson
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
From a very large Studio Pottery collection we offer this stunning vintage British Studio Pottery jug by renowned potter Sheila Casson and made in Ross-On-Wye and dating from the sec...
Category

20th Century English Modern Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

White & Black W/Green Accent Ceramic Lidded Vessel Signed Pritchard Spring 75
Located in Topeka, KS
Gorgeous vintage white, green, & black ceramic lidded vessel signed Pritchard Spring 75. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that this is vintage and not new so will have signs of u...
Category

Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Sheep Moneybox Pop Art, Silver, Made in Italy, 2022, New Collection
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
These splendid ceramic creations are born from the artistic laboratory of Mosche Bianche. The piggy bank, a means that has always been used to remind us of the importance of savi...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Ilona Romule, 'Sax', Erotic Porcelain Plate, Hand Painted, Latvia, C.1995
Located in Chatham, ON
Ilona Romule - 'Sax' - Important studio ceramic semi-erotic porcelain plate - hand painted with gold details - signed and dated upper centre - Latvia ...
Category

Late 20th Century Latvian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Enamel, Gold Leaf

Helga Melnbarde, 'Portrait', Hand Painted Ceramic Plate, Latvia, circa 1988
Located in Chatham, ON
Helga Ingeborga Melnbarde - 'Portrait' - Important contemporary European studio ceramic plate - hand painted on a Czech porcelain 'blank' - featur...
Category

Late 20th Century Latvian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Enamel, Gold Leaf

Sheep Moneybox Pop Art, White, Made in Italy, 2022, New Collection
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
These splendid ceramic creations are born from the artistic laboratory of Mosche Bianche. The piggy bank, a means that has always been used to remind us of the importance of savi...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Elsa Benattar Large Glazed Lidded Studio Pottery Bottle Shaped Ewer
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
From a very large collection of 20th and 21st century Studio Pottery we offer this large and stylish Studio Pottery streak tenmoku colored glaze lidded ewer by Elsa Benattar...
Category

Late 20th Century English Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Italian Contemporary Artistic Ceramic Canopo Rabbit Black Green Vase by Amaaro
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Questo vaso in ceramica disegnato e prodotto da Amaaro si ispira direttamente ai vasi canopi egizi; è una reinterpretazione ironica e contemporanea di un oggetto ancestrale, nume tut...
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2010s Italian Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Eric James Mellon Studio Pottery Experimental Glazed Cup, 2006
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine stoneware cup decorated in experimental glazes by renowned ceramic artist Eric James Mellon (British, 1925-2014) and dated 2006. Trained at the Central School of Arts...
Category

Early 2000s English Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Brutalist Brown Stoneware Ceramic Sculpture Abstract Form by Hervé Rousseau
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Hervé Rousseau Abstract stoneware ceramic sculpture by the french artist. Elegant brown stoneware ceramic glaze with firing effects. Signed und...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Curt Magnus Addin, Small vase, 1980s
Located in Paris, FR
Curt Magnus Addin (1931-2007) Small vase A bottle shape stoneware vase with a rectangular body decorated with four dots on each side surmounted with a stretched neck with a glazed ...
Category

1980s Swedish Vintage Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Modern ceramics for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Modern ceramics 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 ceramics created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, decorative objects, folk art and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, stoneware and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern ceramics made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original ceramics, popular names associated with this style include Monika Patuszynska, Mosche Bianche, Richard A. Hirsch, and LAAB Milano. 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 ceramics differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $20 and tops out at $50,348 while the average work can sell for $614.

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