What is the difference between Sterling fine china from Japan in Spring Time pattern and Taihei China registered fine china made in Japan (also Spring Time pattern)? Are they worth the same? I bought a mostly complete set (I think -maybe 60 pieces) for $8, but the larger plates say Sterling and the rest say Taihei. I just thought they were pretty and the guy wanted them gone. I'm just looking for information. Really I only wanted one teacup and ended up with a huge set. I need to figure out what to do with it all. Thanks for any help.
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They look the same to me. Go to replacements.com and you will see you got a great deal.
You can try putting them on replacements.com individually but you know why not just enjoy them I actually got some from my mother for a wedding gift back in the 80s that she had purchase secondhand and then in about 2005 I bought a ton of it off of eBay so that I can give each one of my daughters a set taihei as far as I know is the original but Sterling sales it to... My Taihei came from I believe Texas Gold stamps which were kind of like s&h Green stamps that you got at grocery stores and then you could get them.... the most valuable pieces besides like a teapot or a coffee pot are the soup terrain which I've never actually seen one and maybe I'm thinking of the wrong set and the salad plates and the salad bowls those aren't that easy to get so if you have those I would definitely want at least $10 a piece for because they are pretty rare I mean not rare but there's just not a lot of them when people were getting the sets they got the sets you know like plates and coffee cups and saucers and a little bowls and then the bigger completion pieces.
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