I went through a "Bargain Hunt" inspired phase a couple of years ago and visited several auctions to buy things, predominantly ornaments & pottery, to sell on EBay. My wife thought I'd been taken over by an alien as I would arrive home excitedly clutching things like Beswick Peter Rabbit, Hunca Munca and an Ice cream seller Bunnykins!.
It was the mention of plates that reminded me of this as I bought several Doulton limited edition ones for around £3 thinking they'd go well on Ebay as their RRP had been around £20 15 years ago! But no, I couldn't sell them for love nor money.
In fact I ended up giving them away as pressies for distant relatives ( forgive me!! lol ) Funny thing is though, one distant aunt actually sent two of them back recently when she went into a home, so they clearly must be homing plates!
If anyone likes rose cottage or breezy meadow on a plate please get in touch!
Most of my purchases turned a nice profit though and I've kept some of the best/nicest pieces like Snowmen and Golly's and their value is increasing.
However my choice of some Robert Harrop Camberwick Green Ltd editions which were highly collectable two years ago has not proved inspired!
Certainly things are not looking good for my Windy Miller Fishing In the Sun or Mr Murphy's Bakery scene plus the less said about the 15" high musical Trumpton clock the better!
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