OK, now back to how it got started. Well, I took a day.......OK maybe it was only a few hours of looking, but anyway I decided this was the dish I needed for that salad. I'll just buy two and see if I like them. Oh boy! that was a mistake. I should of just bought some cheap green square plates........but that wouldn't be any fun would it?
A few days later I receive the dishes. Oh my! this is not good.......look how beautiful they are.......just these two will be fine...not...........I must have MORE.
Oh, it's ok I tell my poor husband, I'll just pick up one or two whenever I see them at a good price! Oh yeah, that didn't work either.
The search is on. To Ebay I went..... Finally after about a week and a half charm dishes show up and I WIN! Four more salad plates, 3 cups and 4 saucers. I'm so happy.
The Charm Collection
Manufactured by Anchor Hocking from 1950 - 1956
This is the luncheon plate which measures 8 3/8". There is also a a larger dinner plate... 9 1/4" and a smaller salad plate... 6 5/8". It appears both the dinner and salad plates are harder to find then the luncheon. I have not been able to find either yet.
For some reason you will rarely find the Fire King mark on the bottom of these dishes. I did find one auction though, that did have signed plates (I lost that one) I just thought it was interesting to finally see a set with the Fire King mark because the majority of the charm patterns don't have any signatures on them. The signature plates do seem to command a higher price if you find them, although I think most collectors are more interested in the pattern and not the signature. I would say a minimum auction price of $20.00 - $25.00 per plate is the current average. Antique websites are asking $34.00 to $40.00 per plate.
Now I'm off to an auction house. Yeah! they have four more salad plates. I win! Now I have nine salad plates. Life is good so what's the problem?........All this looking for the Charm plates and I'm seeing all sorts of other Jadite items I want....the coveting has begun.
Lord have mercy!
Lord have mercy!
