Noritake China

[imnontrad]

I have a gorgeous set of china too - and would be lucky if I could sell at the cost that I got them for over 40 years ago.
I looked at selling all to www.replacements.com but I would have to pay shipping - and that would basically eat up anything I would get for the china.
I figure my only alternative would be to sell a piece at a time on eBay for people who have the pattern but need to replace a few pieces.

[Amethyst]

Of course. But it does tend to undermine the conventional wisdom that "you can't sell used china."

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Originally Posted by splitwdw If you need a new set, go find what you want and buy it. It doesn't sound like you are having any luck in the places you are looking for second hand china.

[tb001]

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Originally Posted by Amethyst Of course. But it does tend to undermine the conventional wisdom that "you can't sell used china."

Out of curiosity, what are you looking for? Some styles are definitely more in demand than others.

[RobbieB]

Yup, no dishwasher, no go. Sold all the silverware for melt. Need a maid to polish your silver.

[Retired Expat]

Generally things that were once collectibles for prior generations no longer really are. Real China, Hummel or Boehme porcelain etc. Books, coins, stamps. Collecting is not really a thing anymore like it may have been for some of us or our parents generation. Real furniture unless antiques, and art is a total crap shoot as to whether it will hold it’s value. Inherited some art when my father passed. He had it appraised 40 years ago at low to middle 6 figures. Most auction houses weren’t even interested and it sold for 25k. Art specialist said “Oh yeah, our parents generation were buying that artists work like crazy once they had some money but no one wants it today”. So true.

[Sunset]

Even charity stores are picky about the donations. We donated a few boxes of china, various sets of famous names.

Later we were inside the store when they brought out our donation, they had tossed a large portion of them in the garbage, as the tiniest nick, or wear was not acceptable to sell it for $1 a plate
Next time I'll save my effort and just toss them in the garbage

My next door site has a couple of free dining tables available, one is all wood, the other is 8 feet long of thick glass with a marble base. It's amazing to think pretty much everything in our house is worthless.

[Amethyst]

It is true; the plates I buy for $1.00 at a thrift store are not chipped. Would you want to buy a chipped plate?

They will not take MDF/veneer furniture, either. Unfortunately, the wood furniture that people are willing to give away these days is awful. Heavy and clunky, or so thin you could punch a hole through it.

The hard part about selling your own furniture on web sites is that many people don't own a truck, and don't want the added expense of renting one to carry your item away.

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Originally Posted by Sunset Even charity stores are picky about the donations. We donated a few boxes of china, various sets of famous names. Later we were inside the store when they brought out our donation, they had tossed a large portion of them in the garbage, as the tiniest nick, or wear was not acceptable to sell it for $1 a plate My next door site has a couple of free dining tables available, one is all wood, the other is 8 feet long of thick glass with a marble base. It's amazing to think pretty much everything in our house is worthless.

[AnneG]

I had a really nice set of china - replacements.com was selling dinner plates for $10 each and I had a lot of the serving pieces that were selling in the $20-$35 range. I tried putting them on eBay at $5 each with the seller paying shipping and got zero bids. I ended up offering them up on my Buy Nothing Facebook group and gave them away to a young person who had just inherited a nice china cabinet and wanted to fill it. I got more out of the satisfaction of seeing them go to someone who was excited about them than if I had received some (relatively) small sum of money for them.

[Amethyst]

Dishwasher and MW safe, to begin with, which rules out a lot of older styles (metal decoration). Metal decoration is beautiful, but...impractical.

Bold, colorful, art on a plate. Flowers, birds, seashells, abstract...I like Asian designs, but am not wedded to them. No dainty delicate little flowers or frilly edges.

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Originally Posted by tb001 Out of curiosity, what are you looking for? Some styles are definitely more in demand than others.

[Teacher Terry]

Our thrift stores have complete sets of china. They won’t take China cabinets. Many of our antique stores went out of business before the pandemic.

[Jamie1101]

in the early 1980's I purchased a full set of 12 place settings & serving pieces in this pattern from my elderly neighbors house sale for $150.00. His family only used it on the major holidays and it had never been in an automatic dishwasher which is murder on the outer gold band. I use this china every day and have been able to replace broken and chipped pieces through E-bay very cheaply. Use the stuff and enjoy it... sadly like so many antiques there is little to no damand hence the value is quite low from a sellers standpoint...

[themillerman]

I'd have to agree with everyone else here. My mother and my aunt had sets of china that I assume they purchased at a significant price but I have found zero interest by anyone wanting to take it off my hands.

Also have a ton of vinyl albums my father had with about the same situation. As someone else has also mentioned, the supply far outweighs the demand and the current generations and certainly future generations will have less and less interest in that kind of antique item.

[John Galt III]

I'm surprised that cheap everyday china plates sell for as much as $1 each. Yes, that's what they go for at my Goodwill store. I would have thought with the zero interest in good china, that the generic stuff would be really cheap, like 10 cents a plate. But I would be wrong, lol. I suppose the thinking is 'No, I don't want the expensive stuff I have to worry about and never use, just give me the cheap stuff, I'll pay anything for it!"

[Amethyst]

As an experienced thrift shopper - starting back when I needed to shop there - I can say that the thinking is more along the lines of "I'll pay a dollar for somebody's pretty used plate, which will brighten up my family's dreary table, instead of cheap plastic plates from the dollar store that will break."

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Originally Posted by John Galt III I'm surprised that cheap everyday china plates sell for as much as $1 each. Yes, that's what they go for at my Goodwill store. I would have thought with the zero interest in good china, that the generic stuff would be really cheap, like 10 cents a plate. But I would be wrong, lol. I suppose the thinking is 'No, I don't want the expensive stuff I have to worry about and never use, just give me the cheap stuff, I'll pay anything for it!"

[John Galt III]

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Originally Posted by themillerman I'd have to agree with everyone else here. My mother and my aunt had sets of china that I assume they purchased at a significant price but I have found zero interest by anyone wanting to take it off my hands. Also have a ton of vinyl albums my father had with about the same situation. As someone else has also mentioned, the supply far outweighs the demand and the current generations and certainly future generations will have less and less interest in that kind of antique item.

I see rock albums from 60's thru 90's for sale on Ebay, often for $10 or so, plus shipping. Not sure if anyone is buying them, though. I sell all genre of albums at a flea market, for $1 each. I sell about 20 per year. All of them at least 30 years old. I have hundreds still at home, which are not for sale, since I still play them. I am fascinated by what item will sell where and for how much.

[SheitlQueen]

I recently went through this. I had a 12 place setting of China along with every serving piece there is. I donated it to a local charity that gives it to families that have been struggling to get back on their feet.

[Camas Lilly]

I have had amazing luck with that kind of stuff on FB Marketplace. You wouldn't believe the kind of stuff I have gotten rid of and they have been thrilled to come and get it. You don't have to worry about shipping either. I have a set of Mikasa Wedding Band, but am looking forward to having time to entertain when I retire.