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Mushroom stoneware set?

Mushroom stoneware set?
« on: March 05, 2014, 08:11:20 AM »
I've tried to find info on this stuff but have come up empty.Can anyone shed some light on what decade this is from and what it might be worth?Thanks in advance.

 43 pieces including 6 dinner plates, 6 salad plates, 6 cups with saucers/dessert plates, canister set, soup tureen, creamer/sugar set, and teapot.


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Re: Mushroom stoneware set?
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2014, 08:35:38 AM »
If I were still selling at a flea market I would try to get $20 for it.


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Re: Mushroom stoneware set?
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2014, 07:54:30 PM »
Looks like Arnel's (or Arner's...it seems to get listed either way). Any markings on the bottom of any pieces? Probably 1970's. Might get $50-$100 on EBAY although no fun to ship! Not a common enough item to break the pieces up so you would need to sell the complete set.  I'd take it to a local auction house and see what happens.

Re: Mushroom stoneware set?
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2014, 08:10:12 PM »
Thanks guys.Yes all these pieces are heavy together couldn't ship it all.Will ask $100 this weekend and let somebody give me $50 or so.

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« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2014, 08:15:55 PM »
Thanks guys.Yes all these pieces are heavy together couldn't ship it all.Will ask $100 this weekend and let somebody give me $50 or so.

Let us know the results.


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Re: Mushroom stoneware set?
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2014, 09:35:15 AM »
I think I would break up the set.  Sell off plates cheap as set and sell canisters and stuff seperate on someplace like etsy.

Can't see many people wanting the whole set but can see someone looking at canister or soup tureen as "cute" or artsy.

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Re: Mushroom stoneware set?
« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2014, 03:10:15 PM »
Looks early to mid 1970s, late 1960s is possible. Anything with Mushrooms & Owls from the mid 1960s to the mid 1980s is real popular with the hipster & old hippie crowd nowadays. Just got to get that in front of the right set of eyes. Try a flea market in a college town or near a university; Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, so you don't have to deal with a packaging & shipping nightmare.


Re: Mushroom stoneware set?
« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2014, 11:54:40 PM »
I would say auction it at a good antique auction where pottery goes well (although these places are largely hit/miss and becoming rarer) or put it in a flea market/garage sale for $100 and see what you're offered.

Alternatively, sell the plates, cups, etc. as a set and the larger pieces individually on ebay.

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Re: Mushroom stoneware set?
« Reply #8 on: May 27, 2014, 12:21:00 AM »
Broski, welcome to the forum. Thanks for the input!

Re: Mushroom stoneware set?
« Reply #9 on: May 28, 2014, 02:22:20 PM »
Broski, welcome to the forum. Thanks for the input!

Thank you!