and many of the older pots had lids that doubled as skillets, which is more bang for your buck. Vintage is also the way to go for the largest pots, which can run as much as $675 when purchased new.

With so many clever ways to repurpose old pot and pan lids around your home and garden (like wind chimes and jack-o-lanterns), you may need to scour resale and antique stores for extra lids!

Antique pot lids, very popular with collectors today, will also be offered. An example is lot 1074, a pot lid for X. Bazin Perfumed Grease, a classic American pot lid 3 ¼ inches diameter.

Each had a special shape, but collectors sometimes do not give antique pots their correct ... so a stirrer was usually part of the pot's design. The center of the lid had a hole so that a long ...