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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 91601, member: 37&quot;]Never got caught up in collecting things made to be collectible.&nbsp; I do look out for such things I can make some money on.&nbsp; Last year I attended an auction from a woman&#039;s estate that had thousands of collector plates. Everything went for pennies on the dollar.&nbsp; Some people were snapping up the Norman Rockwell plates.&nbsp; I hope they were for themselves. I bought the 12 <i>Beauties of the Red Mansion</i> series and the Imperial carnival glass <i>12 days of Christmas </i>plates.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is not mine but made similar money on my Beauties set .....</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Imperial-Jingdezhen-BEAUTIES-of-the-RED-MANSION-PLATES-Complete-Set-12-COA-FShip-/221923260213?hash=item33aba83735%3Ag%3ATl8AAOSwAYtWLV7~&amp;nma=true&amp;si=Ep7696JKqBfHmTRt1Nt9%252BnDXMlU%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Imperial-Jingdezhen-BEAUTIES-of-the-RED-MANSION-PLATES-Complete-Set-12-COA-FShip-/221923260213?hash=item33aba83735%3Ag%3ATl8AAOSwAYtWLV7~&amp;nma=true&amp;si=Ep7696JKqBfHmTRt1Nt9%252BnDXMlU%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Imperial-Jingdezhen-BEAUTIES-of-the-RED-MANSION-PLATES-Complete-Set-12-COA-FShip-/221923260213?hash=item33aba83735:g:Tl8AAOSwAYtWLV7~&amp;nma=true&amp;si=Ep7696JKqBfHmTRt1Nt9%2BnDXMlU%3D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Seems the carnival glass plates are not faring as well as they were last year.&nbsp; Think I sold mine for $175.00.&nbsp; They might do better closer to Christmas.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/12-Imperial-Carnival-Glass-Plates-All-Twelve-Days-Of-Christmas-w-Boxes-Papers-/252051887032?hash=item3aaf7693b8%3Ag%3AGUsAAOSw~gRVx6iU&amp;nma=true&amp;si=Ep7696JKqBfHmTRt1Nt9%252BnDXMlU%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/12-Imperial-Carnival-Glass-Plates-All-Twelve-Days-Of-Christmas-w-Boxes-Papers-/252051887032?hash=item3aaf7693b8%3Ag%3AGUsAAOSw~gRVx6iU&amp;nma=true&amp;si=Ep7696JKqBfHmTRt1Nt9%252BnDXMlU%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/12-Imperial-Carnival-Glass-Plates-All-Twelve-Days-Of-Christmas-w-Boxes-Papers-/252051887032?hash=item3aaf7693b8:g:GUsAAOSw~gRVx6iU&amp;nma=true&amp;si=Ep7696JKqBfHmTRt1Nt9%2BnDXMlU%3D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is where being well informed helps tremendously.&nbsp; I heard mention of the beauties series on the old group and checked out the 12 days set on a hunch.&nbsp; I have made good money on buying Longaberger and Christopher Radko for pennies on the dollar.&nbsp; Most recently the Dept. 56 Halloween votives did very well for me.&nbsp; I think the Bonnie Barrett figure that I currently have listed does as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is kind of a shame that things such as this can bring in some decent money while truly rare and fine antiques don&#039;t sell or sell for a lot less.&nbsp; I think it says something about the sheep mentality of people.&nbsp; They want what others want or what they are told they should want. It is as if they really don&#039;t trust their own level of taste.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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