This month's spotlight is on California Originals a company that started out in 1945 as Heirlooms of Tomorrow. Their first products were porcelain lace figurines. The name changed a few years later when the production of pottery artware began. California Originals closed for business in 1982.

California Original jars are usually marked with a number (three or four digits) and USA somewhere on the rim, on the back or near the bottom.

Source: The Complete Cookie Jar Book by Mike Schneider

California Original Cookie Jar

• Woody Woodpecker -- $417.
  Goofy's Cookie Company -- $466.
  The Count -- $455.
  Dumbo -- $400.
  Scarecrow -- $210.
  Mickey Mouse on a Drum -- $275.
  Pinocchio with Fishbowl -- $382.
  Tigger -- $259.
  Bambi -- $229.
  Superman Brown Phone Booth -- $193.
  Victrola Cookie Jar -- $73.
  Snowman -- $73.
  Cocker Spaniel -- $26.

Interesting eBay Prices/February 2006:

• Brayton Laguna Ringmaster -- $1725.
  Regal China Cookie Jarrin' Little Angel -- $316.
  Vandor Andy Griffith Police Car (autographed) -- $510.
  Warner Bros Marvin the Martian -- $166.
  Goebel Chimney Sweep -- $525.
  Happy Memories Hopalong Cassidy - $490.
  

Sources Include:
Priceminer
eBay