Value of LS Fluckey Porcelain dinnerware

i have no idea part of my Moms estate. i need to sell it. someone told me it is a "Thomas pattern" 33 pieces Bavarian porcelain. i have no idea why the pics are X'd out, will try smaller pics, well that was not it, apparently they do not like pictures of for someone that just joined. if u know why let me know

 

Not to worry, OutThere. Someone will be along shortly with instructions for posting photographs. (And know... All new members have difficulty at first.)

Debora

 

You might want to copy and save this for reference for a while....it helps when you're new!!!

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Are you trying to post links to photos? Some links are not compatible.
Try uploading your photos directly, following komokwa's advice.

According to THIS website, Luella "Lulu" Fluckey (1872-1934), known professionally as L.S. Fluckey, was an American "artist for Limoges and other premier porcelain makers of the day."
(I doubt she actually worked "for" Limoges, etc. It's more likely she simply hand-painted porcelain blanks for some US group that purchased/imported them.)

She did some very pretty work!

"Thomas" isn't the pattern name, but rather a German porcelain brand founded in 1903. In your case, they made the porcelain blanks that L.S. Fluckey then hand-painted.

Among a few other similar listings, there are some Fluckey-painted "Thomas" 6-inch plates up on eBay now, a set of four listed for $22.99. Keep in mind that is an asking price, not a sale price. And that said, there are no sold listings available for comparison so it doesn't seem that they're a popular item to purchase. In general, vintage china/porcelain dishes are a hard sell and whole sets often go for peanuts, if sold at all. People want the convenience of "dishwasher safe".

Also, where would you sell them? On a national/international platform such as eBay, where - if sold - the buyer would incur a large charge for shipping and you'd have to pack them all safely? Or on a local platform such as Facebook Marketplace, where just about anything sells for as little as half of the price seen on eBay (if sold at all) but no packing and shipping makes it worthwhile for the seller?

You say you have 33 pieces... what sorts of pieces? Any complete place settings? How many? Any serving pieces? Which types? The composition of the set affects its sale-ability although, regardless, it's likely not to bring much $$ due to what I've already mentioned above. I ask those questions because, if there are any interested parties, they often want enough of the appropriate pieces to be able to use the set for a small tea or luncheon with a few friends. (Buying china dishes just for display is not very popular anymore, so the pool of potential buyers is quite small, and even smaller if you only list locally.)

The aforementioned "Thomas" plates painted by Fluckey on eBay:

 

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Thanks Debora well known member

 

the pictures were 117k I will try again

 

my Mom over the years said they were worth $2k and i had an appraiser appraise her Estate and they appraised the plates at $75 total for everything. For what the appraiser charged they were not very thorough IMO. I had no idea plates could be signed I am sure the appraiser knew that was possible but did not check. Don't know if a sig increases the value. i would think it would and the sigs are all different so it's not a stamp. The plates are signed on the back would that change the value?
i am going to try and sell them locally on Craigslist or eBay with local pickup only

 

When I was a teenager i cut down a BIG Silver Maple tree and i mis calculated, and the tree missed that corner of the house by inches. it would have demolished that part of the house and the plates.




I was using the picture tool at the top and using a site I have pics on. Using the html link to the picture. the upload file works much much better

 

It's lovely to see a whole set! Chinaware on the whole is in the dumpster value-wise, so what someone told your Mom is not what would be true today.

 

SO $75 Would be a good asking price even though each piece is signed

 

Signed by a generally unknown artist means nothing in terms of value to someone unrelated.

 

So, in the 20th c Limoges produced a lot of blank porcelain for people who painted on china as a hobby. We call them china hobbyist painters and L S Fluckey was talented and seems to be a bit better known. However, hobbyist signatures are different from the china painter artists who were employed by the well-known factories. Generally, artist signed pieces from those factories didn't really begin until the late 19th c. Some of those artist signed pieces will fetch a premium. There is a difference between amateur hobbyists and professional china painters which is why the signature on your set doesn't make a lot of difference in value. I would imagine that you want to sell the set as complete and not piece by piece. Shipping would cost too much, so local venues may be your best bet.