Seeking value information for Lefton China tea set

I just received a full Lefton China set and don't really have room for it in my apartment, so I'm thinking about selling it. I'm curious to know more about its possible value. From looking around on ebay and various China collecting websites, it seems like it could go for anywhere between $100 and $300, which is a pretty big range, so I'm hoping to get some more certainty on an estimate. Also, most of what I could find was for partial or smaller sets, not a full set for six like this. So I'm really curious to know more. FYI, the serial number is 656 V. Any information or estimates would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!

 

Hi, welcome.
We have a Lefton collector/expert... @LeftonGuy , though I don't think he's been logged on for a while. Hopefully he'll get the ping.

 

Great, thanks!

 

Oh , for a world again where ladies had little luncheon sets like this , and used them ! I looked at ebay completed sales for stuff like this and your right , its all over the map with no apparent rhyme nor reason . I thought the market for this type of thing was dead , I see " wedding " china by the truckloads . Lovely stuff , quality stuff , and it just sits . Being a complete set would be a plus Id think . Are those violets or pansies ?

 

Check sold listings for violet chintz, because asking prices don't mean anything. A full set is lovely, but the cost of shipping it would, in my opinion, make it a hard sell. You might do better to break it up.

 

Here is a link to completed auctions for your pattern starting with highest first.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sac...H_Complete=1&_nkw=Lefton+Violet+Chintz&_sop=3

 

Any chips at all? That will impact value.

 

For what it's worth.....& for what " It's" worth.....Get some good boxes, pack it up real well...put it in the corner of some room, & when the occasion comes around, gift it to a friend or family for wedding , or anniversary.

 

It is a little sad that few appreciate things like this anymore and even sadder that the price of lovely antiques has dropped so much........unless of course you are buying

 

Lefton Violet Chintz pattern, made from late 1950s to the early 1970s. Each piece with a different number, not all are marked 656V (V for violet, they also made a Rose Chintz using the same numbers and found with an R suffix instead of V for violet). 656V is the tea cup. Your set is an early one, the style of the dish with a metal handle (two tiered) tid bit is the older style of handle (simple ring), dinner plates probably the most valuable of the set. This is not a "full" set, it is missing several of the 20 or so pieces made in this pattern. Your photo shows about 7 of the 20 available items. For example the salad plates (either that or its missing matching saucers for the cups). Saucers had ring in middle where the cup sits, salad plates do not. There are also several serving pieces in this pattern, nappies, other shapes and sizes of sugar and creamers, other shapes of teapots, other shape of ashtray, vases, eggcups, compote, other cigarette set shapes, etc.... Better late than never I say.