Vintage China Search!
Instructions and Tips
How to make the Vintage China search engine work for you.
1) The Vintage China search engine searches all the dealer booths which reside at Vintage China. There are a few dealers whose inventories reside elsewhere: those dealers are identified with an asterisk (*) in the Mall directories.
2) Every dealer uses different abbreviations for their merchandise. Plates may be listed as "plates," "pl," "plts," etc. Be sure to try several abbreviations to make sure you find everything.
How to use the Vintage China search engine.
AREA TO SEARCH:
It is currently possible to search the entire site with one search. As our list of dealers grows additional areas may be needed..
SEARCH FOR:
Enter one or more words, separated by spaces. (For example, Limoges, Royal Doulton or Franciscan Apple.) This option is very powerful when used with the AND/OR option. The more words you enter in the SEARCH FOR field when AND is selected, the fewer matches you'll get. The more words you enter when OR is selected, the more matches you'll get. A few experiments with the company and pattern you collect will show you the most effective selection of words to use.
AND/OR:
If you only enter one word in the SEARCH FOR field, you can ignore this field. If you enter more than one word, choosing AND means the search engine must find ALL of the words in a dealer's inventory to say a match has been found. Choosing OR means the search engine will count it as a match if it finds ANY of the words you entered. Choosing PHRASE means the search engine will only count it as a match if it finds all the words you entered in the order you entered them.
MAXIMUM MATCHES:
You can select how many matches you would like to see (if that many exist). The more hits you specify, the longer the search will take.
CASE:
Insensitive means it doesn't matter if the letters are upper or lower case to be considered a match. Sensitive means it must match the upper and lower case letter exactly. (Since all of our dealer enter their inventory differently, it is STRONGLY recommended you leave the insensitive choice selected.)
SEARCH TYPE:
Quick Search means if the search engine finds SEARCH FOR word (or words) once on a page of merchandise, it considers a match to have been found and continues searching. Comprehensive Search means the search engine actually counts how many times it finds a match on a particular page of merchandise before moving on. The Comprehensive option can take much longer.
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