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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lucille.b, post: 4341956, member: 51&quot;]First off, correct to call these &quot;Satsuma&quot;, right?</p><p><br /></p><p>4 of these teacups and saucers were at my local thrift last night, and this thrift has a 7 day full return for credit w/original tag policy. Usually cups and saucers are $1.99, but these were $7.99 a set, so almost $40 for the group.&nbsp; I had in my mind, I could return these if need be.&nbsp; In general I try not to do too much of that, but I knew if I didn&#039;t pick these up they&#039;d be gone by the next day.&nbsp; I would be buying them for resale and mostly do online.</p><p><br /></p><p>They are pretty amazing... just took a photo of one, but there are four cups and four saucers.&nbsp; I&#039;m thinking they could maybe be late 19C (?).&nbsp; But they have a condition issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nearly chip free which is great (no saucers have chips, one teacup has a chip) but all have pretty severe crazing/darkening, which seems like a pretty big condition issue, so would really just be for display only.</p><p><br /></p><p>They are signed.&nbsp; One thing that stood out for me on these was the dragon handle.&nbsp; Does anyone know values here?&nbsp; In very crazed condition does that rule out good resale??&nbsp; I think&nbsp; I would want to get <i>at least</i> $100 for the set (remember 1 cup has a chip) to make it worth my while.&nbsp; Thoughts? Thanks!&nbsp;&nbsp; Here are some photos:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]358891[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]358892[/ATTACH]</p><p>No idea if I have orientation correct.&nbsp; (Let me know.)&nbsp; Also the mark looks dark, but it is in shiny gold.&nbsp; Just didn&#039;t catch the light.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]358893[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the mark from the saucer, also in gold:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]358894[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]358895[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>You can see the crazing on the edges, it&#039;s honestly pretty bad and dark inside the cups, some more than others.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]358896[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>They do photograph well, almost better than in real life.&nbsp; What do you think about resale?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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