Can you please assist me with the value of my Noritake dinner set? I inherited it from my mother. Thank you
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The Newel pattern was made between 1966 - 1979 so it is not a rare pattern.This is not really 'china' as we normally think of china as it is more similar to stoneware and is microwavable.
This may be a good thing in the present day world as regular china is just not a fast seller and usually very low value.
Your pieces are not considered valuable but usually the accessories; like the covered bowls, platters and sugar and creamers sell faster and for more money so these pieces should always be sold separately and started at higher prices.
You can find some information about your china on Replacements but they only have a few pieces listed. Their sale prices will be more than normal retail prices so cannot be considered as 'current value.
www.replacements.com/
This site has a lot of information about this pattern so you may get some ideas on retail asking prices (but not sold prices).
www.microwavecookingforone.com/
Shipping is always a chore as it is difficult to pack anything fragile safely and a high percentage arrive broken.
You might want to consider breaking these up into groups (bowls and platters by themselves) like 2 or 4 of each item.
This way they will be easier to sell and easier to ship.
Thank you very much! I appreciate your reply!
I am however not interested in selling, the set has too much sentimental value to me. I was just curious about its value.
Thank you. Regards
Thanks for posting back - When the question starts with 'value' of something, it's an automatic response that they want to sell.
I'm glad you are keeping your china as this really looks like it could be used on a regular basis and eating with lovely dishes always seems to make your dinner more pleasant and enjoyable.
Putting a value on china is a challenge because people don't buy sets like they used to. Most people just buy pieces to finish their set or replace broken pieces or add pieces as their family grows.
The only example I can find of a sold piece is a cup sold recently for 7.22 in Australian dollars. There are just a few pieces listed and the ASKING prices are all over the place in US and other currencies.
Your set has two main things going for it at the moment...it is a mid century modern pattern which is still having a market resurgence for people who are buying.
And #2, there are not a lot of pieces of it for sale--which means it is something people are holding on to and that increases the value of the individual pieces...because there is a demand for single replacement pieces--if that makes sense. There is a high demand and low supply, which makes the values higher!
I saw you commented you were holding on to it, which warms my heart! It is sad that in many cases people literally toss dishes to the curb and don't enjoy them.
If you are asking about the value for insurance purposes, you would need to talk to your agent to see how THEY value things for replacement. I could tell you today what people are ASKING for individual pieces and try to multiply that out to give you a MARKET value, but that will change every day...as value in today's world is only what someone will pay at the given moment.
What I mean by that is this...
Mid century modern may fall out of favor next week and the value of your dishes could plummet...or it could be shown on a TV show or in a flashback magazine article and the value could soar!!
As a reseller I follow trends like this and I can tell you years ago when Martha Stewart (I think it was her) started talking about Jadeite the value of the real stuff went through the roof (I cashed in on selling some of mine when prices when prices where high!! Then places like Target and the dollar stores started carrying knock off "green-jadeite like pieces" and then the market for the real stuff tanked.
It is important to understand trends when you are trying to value unusual or potentially trendy pieces like yours.
Anyhow..thanks for sharing these great pieces! Wishing you many blessed and happy meals with on your table!!
Before Noritake china was very expensive and it resold for a very good price. Today it has decreased in value and most of the items that are in the set can be purchased for around 5-8 dollars each. For example, a dinner plate if you wanted to buy one you could get it for around 6 dollars. What I suggest is to take the average value of reach item in the set. If you have a service of 12 and the price of one plate is 6 dollars then the 12 plates would be worth 72 dollars. If you did this with all the items and calculated the price of these items then you could know how much the set is really worth. Depending on how many pieces and other items your set could be worth around 400-500 dollars if you were selling them off by piece and determine the value of each piece in the set.
This set is called Noritake "Newel" progression china from 1960's Japan. It is a mid century modern design made in ceramic material. Etsy is offering a set - www.etsy.com/
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