Yes, as per post #40 - I believe the teapot is the Los Angeles pattern in Chinese Red & the only one I can find on ebay is the one listed as a Buy-It-Now on stayathomemom's #40 post. I would assume $349 is close to book value - & also would assume it's fairly collectible by the price. I know people that have Hall Value Books, but I don't have one myself - I just use ebay to determine the values of most things.
The counter on the teapot auction shows over 300 people have viewed it, so that tells me it's pretty desireable.
Alice,
I didn't think to look at the counter but 300 people looking at one item IS a lot. Our folks gave it to us along with a lot of old stuff I thought were junk.
Just think, I almost put a $2 tag on it and put it on the garage sale table before Hubby started wondering if it were antique of a sort!!! Thanks.