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Summary: American, political and event scenes in blue and white china; learn about these patterns and more in this free video guide to antique & collectible plates.
Sue Shea has been dealing in antiques since 1979, and has her own shop, Shea Antiques, located in Shelburne Falls, MA. Her passion is early American 18th & 19th century antique country...read more
"When collecting historical blue the price ranges, we'll just talk a little bit about today some of the examples we have on the table but the American scenes you know that you're going to pay more for those political scenes and events that happened in this country. So what we have for example today a sugar bowl like this without the lid it may cost you in the range of $50-$85 without the lid, with the lid this sugar bowl can cost you upwards to $200-$250 in good condition. So big difference whether it has a cover or not have the cover, these creamers in varying sizes depending on the scenes will make a huge difference in what you pay for. If you end up with a ship scene on here depicting an early scene of the 1820s you can pay anywhere from $400-$600. This flowerer scene with the birds on it will range in the $100-$150 range so there is a big difference with political events and just basic scenes with simple scenes like this with flowers and birds. So that something to consider when thinking about collecting so there's a wide range within the collecting itself that you can choose from. If it's ranging, if you think your range can be between $100-$150 that you can afford or maybe this is a good example of something of a pattern that you might want to collect. Whereas the other pattern I talked about earlier can cost you 3 to 4 times."
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