Comments on: Marketman Hits a Ceramic “Ukay-Ukay”…

By: esplie

esplie — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 23:27:41 +0000

can you be my supplier of these things, please send me your address and contact number. thank you

By: Sergio

Sergio — Wed, 25 May 2011 03:32:02 +0000

You have such fine taste (pun intended) in ceramics! What a great idea to showcase these fine pieces other than their main use, thanks for sharing. And like the cliche goes, great treasures may be found just around the corner. Congrats!

By: patricia pastelero

patricia pastelero — Thu, 12 May 2011 06:16:35 +0000

oh my! thanks for the tip. I’m always looking for new vessels for floral arrangements and additions to my little dessert plate collection :)

By: millet

millet — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:24:53 +0000

Peach and MM, re: Shoemart…in my family, only my sister calls SM by its full name to this day, and when she does, the kids go, “What?” .. come to think of it, aside from the boxes dropping from the hole in the ceiling, i miss the girl with the microphone calling out the shoe sizes, models and colors to the stockroom guys on the other side of the ceiling…43553 Brown 5 1/2, 52626 Tan 8, etc., etc. those women were walking inventories!

By: Flying Fish

Flying Fish — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:45:13 +0000

16 ceramic pieces for $22 is unreal! They look awesome grouped together.

By: mbw

mbw — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:22:19 +0000

I also had chanced upon a small ukay-ukay of Japanese bowls in Calapan city in Oriental Mindoro! For P100, I was able to buy 3(!) nice glazed bowls! I was the only person there looking and looking and actually gushing hahaha! at the craftsmanship. :-)

By: Cherrie Pinpin

Cherrie Pinpin — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:14:01 +0000

Excellent find! Can I mug you for the red bowl, but I think several folk here are after it too. I was in Centris 2 weeks ago and found a lady selling ceramics from Japan, these looked like leftovers, house cleaning tossed stuff because some were obviously old or had been much loved and chipped. I managed to find 2 tiny 1-cup tea pots and a small bowl with a translucent teal glaze. Now to photograph them.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 07:04:46 +0000

Peach, hahaha, I remember buying my school shoes there and watching to see if any of the salespeople ever got hit by the shoeboxes that were dropped from a hole in the ceiling from the stockrooms above! And yes, it is more Shoemart to me than SM. ros, thanks for that, I learn something every single day… mariz, thanks for that tip on the Talamban shop… will have to keep my eye out for it…

By: Peach

Peach — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 02:25:56 +0000

I’ve been to a Japan surplus store in Paranaque and it was chocful of dinnerware and ceramic stuff! I scored a vintage Nasco Lakeview teacup which cost me Php45! :) Oh MM, couldn’t help but smile when you mentioned “Shoemart” :-) Haven’t encountered that pre- SM Super Malls name for quite some time. It brought back memories of their branch in Cubao where we used to buy school shoes. Hahaha.

By: giancarlo

giancarlo — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 01:07:17 +0000

Wow, have to find this store. Thanks for the heads up.