Q: I have Ceramic Arts Studio’s parakeets, Pudgie and Budgie, with metal cage. I’m interested in their value.

A: Ceramic Arts Studio was founded about 1940 by Lawrence Rabbett and Ruben Sand in Madison, Wisconsin. The company’s most popular products were molded figurines. The pottery closed in 1955. Pudgie and Budgie are shelf sitters, figurines made to sit on the edge of a shelf or perch. Budgie is short for budgerigar, another name for parakeet. They sell for about $50 each plus $50 for the cage.