Value of a Guiseppe Armani Sculpture?

Judy
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November 25, 20180 found this helpful

They range from $250 to several thousand dollars. Take it to an appraiser.

Iceskater
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November 25, 20180 found this helpful

Ebay (on 11/25/2018) shows listings for this sculpture at $233 to $300. And a little more information can be found at this link. www.worthpoint.com/.../capodimonte-couple-lovers-swing-409591432 Looks like you have a treasure!

cybergrannie
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November 26, 20180 found this helpful

The capodimonte G Armani figurines have mostly kept their value over the years so although their are several listed on eBay and some other sites, this one could still command a decent price.

• Your figurine may be more valuable in that yours is made in a different finish than others listed for sale.
• I do not believe your figurine is signed.
• Armani made figures in 8 different finishes so you might find a different finish on any of the listings on eBay or other sites. I have not found anyone stating that one finish is more valuable than another but it is possible there were less made of one finish so that might make it more valuable.
• Here is one figure that was listed in 2017 but did not sell and there are several others but still not a bad sign as sometimes it just takes the right person seeing the listing.
• picclick.com/Giuseppe-Armani-Italy-Figurine-Sculpture...
• For items like this I like to check Replacements but they do not have one of these at the present time.
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• www.replacements.com/.../88423111
• I would suggest you contact Replacements and ask what they will pay for your figurine as this will probably be the easiest and safest way to sell this figurine.
• Replacements will give you a good price but you will have ship very carefully so as not to damage an item like this as they are very fragile.
• I have several Armani Disney figurines and Replacements has offered a very good price so I know they are pretty fair but they do intend to make money also so do not expect the same figures you see on some of these sites (unsold figurines).
• Here is a link to their customer service.
• www.replacements.com/contact-us.htm
• Here is a link that gives a lot of information about these figurines.
• www.2-clicks-collectiblefigurines.../.../armani-figurines-collecting.html

Pghgirl40
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November 26, 20180 found this helpful

Thanks for sharing. I know there was a very long, in depth post on Thrifty Fun about this brand a while ago and I am not able to lay my keyboard on it at the moment. I will keep looking.

I will give you the little I know, as there is a bit of buyer beware with the Giuseppe Armani Sculpture world.

Yes, many did, as cybergrannie stated, did hold their value, but the trick is to make sure you have a real one, and not one of the "like ones". This link has a lot of good info:

www.figurines-sculpture.com/capodimonte-n-crown-pottery-mark...

Yours is lovely and I hope it is real....so you may want to take it to have a professional look at it because even the best experts have a hard time telling from photos.

My concerns are two fold...the paper tag looks black, and I always knew the real ones to have tags that were more of a chocolate brown or cream with gold and black. That could just be a bad color in the photo and it is brown.

My second concern is many of the 1980 versions...which if I zoom on your date right...were more colorized than pure white. Yours has some color to their faces, but not the bodies. Many of the ones we sold back in the 1980s had more color to them, muted color, but color nonetheless. There were some pure white, but this one just does not feel right to me.

I hope I am proven wrong....it has been well over 25 years since I sold them when they were popular items at the high end Hallmark shops and memories fade!

Please post back what you learn from an expert. Most reputable antique dealers should be able to help you...call first to make sure they have a ceramic/porcelain/bisque expert when you go!

Thanks for sharing!