Q: I recently paid £75 at a collectors fair for a Carbon Ware teapot in the shape of an aeroplane, with Winston Churchill as the pilot. The aircraft is painted blue with Union Jack wings, and on the base it says Limited Edition. Did I get a bargain?
Mr H
A. Not quite --- this is a recent product which retails at £59.99! However, only 250 of these teapots have been made, and I believe the issue is virtually sold out, so it likely to increase in value in the coming years. The Carbon company produced another aeroplane teapot, the Red Baron, in the 1970s. It cost about £15 then -- today examples fetch around £150.
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