Have a large collection of bone china, including tea set and dinner set, that has ‘Royal’ in its name. It just doesn’t get used and is taking up room.

I’ve seen it on that auction site but the thought of high postage costs and possible breakages leaves me in a cold sweat. Another option is selling to a china search company.

Would be interested to hear if anyone has sold china.

Thanks. 🙂

my parents had a large collection of royal d china which they sold a big chunk of via a specialised auction house. my dad delivered it all in person to the auction rooms and collected what hadn’t sold later on

Thanks for replying canopy, hadn’t thought of that option so most useful.

I put a Royal D 12pc dinner service, 12pc coffee service, and 12 pc tea service on gumtree. Hundreds of pieces, almost immaculate condition, one cracked pepper pot only. I was amazed at how cheap you can pick sets up second hand. The china search online companies weren’t interested for some reason. I managed to get £200 cash from a person off gumtree, collected so no worries about breakages and posting insurance etc. I didn’t want to do ebay due to unreliability of buyers, and the cost.

Those vintage style shops love stuff like this.
I often see a cup,saucer and plate selling for £3 or £4 per set.
Other places that buy are vintage tea shops and small businesses offering afternoon tea.
I dearly love English bone china but have a cupboard full, also I’m banned from buying more 🙂
You could consider a carboot sale, or maybe walking round some antique style and vintage shops.
A friend used to have a pre-loved shop and china sold so quickly.

I managed to get a whole £22 for a large dinner service on ebay – buyer collected – but no-one really wants the old designs these days, antique shops are full of them because they don’t sell.

yes my wife did some years ago, it was an absolute nightmare with stuff turning up broken plus couriers/royal mail etc will not cover you for damage. she gave up it just was not worth it.

We had a sizable collection of ornaments, figurines and pots etc. From my late granmother.

We thought ebay etc. But time issues and other prohibited this.

We went a local auction house specialising in these things. They gave a guide price on everything and suggested putting things into lots of the sames types. Royal dalton, lladro etc.

In amongst the pots was a piece of bristol delft and taken for a second opionion, this was entered as a seperate lot went for £750 🙂

Anyway, I suggest at auction…proper one.

Good luck.

Its value depends on the make, condition and pattern..
Post a picture or send me an email of the pattern and makers marks and i may be able to advise further..

Thanks for the helpful replies.

Bunnyhop – I also love English bone china and am very tempted to donate tea and coffee sets to independent cafes to replace their invariably heavy and non-heat retaining chunky china. 🙂

Will investigate auction houses.

cloudnine – thanks, will e-mail later. 🙂