Need some help in determining the value of this lot of Franciscan china. I did some research but there are just so many stamps over such a long year span and the values seem to be all over the place. I did make a nice PDF document itemizing each piece and stamp to help. Everything is appreciated 🙂
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was unable to upload the document so i just uploaded it to google docs. hope it’s not too much trouble for everyone.
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4kIbpqM95NwLUU3SER0MHo2THM
I sell quite a bit of dinnerware, including Franciscanware, on Etsy, and my advice would be this…
Depending on how you sell your items, if it’s online, your best bet is to separate the items in excellent condition into a separate listing. To be honest, any tableware with chips or cracks should no longer be used functionally and you will find it’s probably not worth the effort to pack and ship those items for the prices you will get. Also, if you group the whole lot together to sell and you say that several of the items have defects, real collectors are going to pass it over. If you have several pieces that are in primo condition, your best bet is to separate and sell them either individually, or grouped into logical sets (i.e. 4 bowls). I have also found that the stamps on the bottom of Franciscanware don’t so much affect their value…it’s condition, condition, condition! Anything marked GMB would be your oldest (1930’s), but I believe the apple pattern was introduced in the 1940’s. Hope that helps – just my opinions from personal experience.
The only types of tableware that is going to sell with chips will be salt peppers, and the other items that you wouldn’t directly eat or serve food from. There’s just too many similar pieces of Franciscanware online for people to buy anything with cracks in it – I would ditch them or take them to an auction to sell box lot style.