I am looking to sell eight-place settings (dinner plates, luncheon plates, salad plates, soup bowls, and cups with saucers) of Noritake ivory china, Tulane pattern #7562 which also includes creamer, sugar bowl, coffee pot, oval platter, oval serving bowl, round serving bowl, gravy boat, and salt/pepper shakers. The china is used, but in very good condition--no scratches or chips. The set is wedding china, circa 1970. I need to determine its approximate value.
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The entire set is going for $450 on Replacements.com. This is a high price.
If you live near North Carolina and want one stop selling, you can drive them there and (IF YOU IN ADVANCE GET THE OK FOR THEM TO BUY IT) they will pay you cash on the spot.
Do not just go there, contact them first, get their buying list and amounts. They someones only take some pieces and have been known not to want pieces that either they are overstocked with or do not sell well.
it is best just to take it there since shipping china is a pain and the USPS has been having many issues with fragile items breaking. If you can't get there in person, you could use UPS or FED EX to ship, but the cost will eat into your profits. They do offer much better insurance programs that are easier to claim on than the USPS if things get broken.
The second best choice is to see what the pieces are selling for on eBay and price it out either as a set or by pieces at an in person sale--like through Facebook Marketplace, LetGo etc.
For example, 4 dinner plates are selling (SOLD PRICE) for a total of $39.99, as are 4 bowls.
The sugar and creamer SOLD for $16.00.
The tea pot is averaging 49.00s (SOLD).
The oval serving bowls are averaging $11 each SOLD.
Cups and saucers are not big sellers, so you will have to go to Replacements and take 1/4 of retail to get an idea to price those--you may not get much for them.
Interesting enough, someone on eBay did sell a set -- all together-- very similar to yours and only got $80. This shows that you have a popular pattern that people want to keep and replace broken items so you are probably better--that is if you don't do the replacements.com option--of selling the set in piece lots (like 2 bowls, 2 plates etc.) vs trying to sell it as a complete set.
Post back with an update on how it goes!
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