Franciscan Sea Sculpture Swap Meet Finds

I rarely find much of anything at the Swap Meet on Wednesdays. A fact that has caused me to skip even going on Wednesdays much any more. Today however was an exception. I went there early and started my rounds. The first time through I didn't see anything that even remotely interested me. Probably because most of the dealers were still unloading their trucks and setting up their stalls. When I started through the second time I assumed it would be more of the same, but I couldn't have been more mistaken.

I was almost finished when I noticed a big junk dealer had just finished setting up. Usually, if he has anything at all, it is so badly damaged as to be worthless to me. I immediately saw a stack of Franciscan Sea Sculpture plates and began checking them for damage. Amazingly they were in perfect condition except for some wear on the marks (common in Franciscans Sculpture line). I picked them up and started away to find out the price when I spotted a few cereal bowls on the same table that I recognized as belonging to Franciscans primary sculpture line. These were the first primary white bowls I had ever come across and I knew they were fairly rare because of the number of requests I have had for them in the past. The lot consisted of 5 plates and three cereal bowls and while I never reveal my cost I will say that I got them for a song.

When I got home and discovered the lot had a replacement value of over $200.00 I was very, very happy. I have already listed all of the plates as I had photos of them from past sales and listings. I will list the bowls as soon as I can photograph them. These very plain bowls were the most valuable part of the buy at $34.00 each for replacement cost. They are listed:

Franciscan Sea Sculpture at Quality Junk in the Atomic Mall

I almost forgot, on the way out I picked up 4 Studio Nova Attitudes Dinner Plates for another very low price. They are listed:

Studio Nova at Quality Junk in the Atomic Mall

Thanks for listening.... ☺☺☺☺