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There are piles like that in many thrift stores. They cannot give those things away. It's sad that so many grandmas bought them thinking they would be valuable since they were "limited editions." Putting that money into high-yield savings accounts would have let their children inherit something much more valuable!
Back in the early days of Home Shopping Network, infomercials and mail order flyers, this type of stuff was peddled as an "investment opportunity". They would say in the ads stuff like "these are only guaranteed to go up in value". Some people I guess believed it.
Something about the Silent Generation and "collectors' items." A few years ago, Mom, now gone, did allow us to get rid of piles and piles Bing & Grohndahl plates a great-aunt gave to us kids each year. (In the 60s and 70s!) She had been sold the line that the plates were made on molds that were destroyed each year. When we showed her all of the listings on ebay, she was...disappointed.
Mom died last year, and I've been clearing out my parents' home a little bit at a time. I just recycled a pile of "certificates of authenticity' as thick as a deck of poker cards. Gah.
My grandma spent probably half of every paycheck buying those stupid things, despite us pleading with her to stop. She had piles of them as well, that no one wanted once she was gone. We tried selling them at the estate sale for $1 each and there were no takers. We ended up donating almost her entire collection to the thrift store, where I'm sure it got put in the landfill. It was a good illustrative example for me, though, about spending money on things that don't appreciate in value. I collect a couple of things, but don't let it get out of control.
True. My dad bought a few plates but fortunately quit. I was admiring a cobalt blue and gold Persian plate, and Dad offered it to me. I didn't really want it. Now I love it. I look at it and see even more beauty.
Stacks of them at my fave thrift store too. I've found they seem to be a hiding spot for good items, maybe the employees stash stuff they want to be there or maybe other customers do.
I also see these here at boot sales ( flea markets ) in the UK
So sad that people ( especially elders) thought they would be worth money, I have seen some absolutely beautiful ones and bought a couple .
One house clearance guy told me he took about 500 from one house alone š¢
It's possible it's just another different hoard. I see a blue jay one near the bottom, I kept a Stellar's Jay from that series and there wasn't a blue Jay in our collection. There were definitely a bunch of the Kaiser porcelain ones including the series in your first picture.
They were a subscription service, so it wouldn't surprise me if my grandmother wasn't the only old lady subscribed to a plate of the month club.
It always makes me sad when someoneās lifetime passion just ends up as donated, and considered junk by the inheritors. I hope they kept at least one to honor the decedentās love of those plates. As an aside, my own collection has a bit of this and that, but not much. It tends to bury your own tastes under the memory of theirs.
Too funny! I came across the last plate in your post at my local thrift this past Saturday (along with a few other ācollectorā plates that were NSFW lol)
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There are piles like that in many thrift stores. They cannot give those things away. It's sad that so many grandmas bought them thinking they would be valuable since they were "limited editions." Putting that money into high-yield savings accounts would have let their children inherit something much more valuable!
It's crazy because these were being sold for 4.99 each! Should've been only a dollar if you ask me.
They'd be lucky to even sell them for a buck.
They should have these in a basket out front. "3 free with any purchase" lmao. I see them at every thrift store and nobody ever buys them
The "Millennial Inheritance", there's a guy on TikTok who has a whole series on this.
Ah that sucks, I never understood their appeal but didn't know that anyone considered them an investment.
Back in the early days of Home Shopping Network, infomercials and mail order flyers, this type of stuff was peddled as an "investment opportunity". They would say in the ads stuff like "these are only guaranteed to go up in value". Some people I guess believed it.
Something about the Silent Generation and "collectors' items." A few years ago, Mom, now gone, did allow us to get rid of piles and piles Bing & Grohndahl plates a great-aunt gave to us kids each year. (In the 60s and 70s!) She had been sold the line that the plates were made on molds that were destroyed each year. When we showed her all of the listings on ebay, she was...disappointed.
What a grift.
That's how they sold them. "Limited edition, each with a certificate of authenticity".
Total scam!!!
Mom died last year, and I've been clearing out my parents' home a little bit at a time. I just recycled a pile of "certificates of authenticity' as thick as a deck of poker cards. Gah.
Anything Lincoln Mint suckered in that generation.
My grandma spent probably half of every paycheck buying those stupid things, despite us pleading with her to stop. She had piles of them as well, that no one wanted once she was gone. We tried selling them at the estate sale for $1 each and there were no takers. We ended up donating almost her entire collection to the thrift store, where I'm sure it got put in the landfill. It was a good illustrative example for me, though, about spending money on things that don't appreciate in value. I collect a couple of things, but don't let it get out of control.
The point is that things manufacturered to be "collectible" are not and will never increase in value.
True. My dad bought a few plates but fortunately quit. I was admiring a cobalt blue and gold Persian plate, and Dad offered it to me. I didn't really want it. Now I love it. I look at it and see even more beauty.
That Irish Setter one would have immediately come home with me.
I was definitely tempted by some plates with little birds on them!!
I'd have picked through them and bought my favorites!
Same!
Stacks of them at my fave thrift store too. I've found they seem to be a hiding spot for good items, maybe the employees stash stuff they want to be there or maybe other customers do.
I also see these here at boot sales ( flea markets ) in the UK So sad that people ( especially elders) thought they would be worth money, I have seen some absolutely beautiful ones and bought a couple .
One house clearance guy told me he took about 500 from one house alone š¢
I collect cute breakfast plates and have waaay too many but I would so take that doggy home :)
I see ācollectorā plates all the time. What a silly waste of money they were new.
I wonder if these are the ones my mum and I donated from my grandmother a few weeks back... are you thrifting in the GTA?
Haha, this is a few hours from Toronto. Maybe they shipped them over due to lack of room? Maybe that's a thing š¤·
It's possible it's just another different hoard. I see a blue jay one near the bottom, I kept a Stellar's Jay from that series and there wasn't a blue Jay in our collection. There were definitely a bunch of the Kaiser porcelain ones including the series in your first picture.
They were a subscription service, so it wouldn't surprise me if my grandmother wasn't the only old lady subscribed to a plate of the month club.
I had no idea about the subscription service, no wonder I see dozens of these at every thrift store and garage sale lol.
The first one is stunning!!!
It always makes me sad when someoneās lifetime passion just ends up as donated, and considered junk by the inheritors. I hope they kept at least one to honor the decedentās love of those plates. As an aside, my own collection has a bit of this and that, but not much. It tends to bury your own tastes under the memory of theirs.
RIP Grandma!
Too funny! I came across the last plate in your post at my local thrift this past Saturday (along with a few other ācollectorā plates that were NSFW lol)
https://preview.redd.it/mw77k45p5ycg1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eea9c4d7ecf1460ea223cd4fa364c73347192df0
I got some Gone With The Wind plates once and added a bunch of Game of Thrones images and they turned out pretty hilarious!
Love the woman. Problem is that they aren't food safe.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure they're just to hang on the wall. I've heard rumors of them having lead paint!
I wouldnāt even consider eating off themā¦ respectfully, I donāt think thatās the problem.
Saw a collection like that at one of the Thrift World locations in Omaha, NE
Would love to see this is a store by me. I collect decorative state/americana plates š©·
Sad that people were scammed into thinking they would be an investment.
Elderly Parents- "Someday this will all be yours..."
I'd have taken boob chick home š
Yeah my mother and the aunts collected them, I gave away a lot saved a couple not my style
Yeah they thought that! Lol
Is this the Framingham MA savers??
Nope! This one's in Ontario.
I saw the almost identical scene at my local one.
Someone bankrupted themselves to get them