Today, many Roseville styles remain relatively common while rare pieces can fetch hundreds or even thousands of dollars.

Individual unusual pieces can fetch good prices and collecting sea pottery has become popular.

Most is sold overseas because the pieces fetch a much higher price.

At its auctions, newer pieces often fetch only 25 percent of their original retail value.

About the inflated price: experts confirmed that early Boulle pieces like this one could well fetch upward of $1 million in today's market.

A single piece of Wright's furniture at that sale - a nine-drawer chest - fetched $262,000.

There, pieces can fetch as much as $500, although most sell for less than $30.

The pieces fetched a total of $2.8 million at Christie's.

Some pieces may have fetched more than they were worth, according to some participants.

Fine Mayan pieces can fetch anywhere from $30,000 to $300,000 or more.