What do I do with all this china?

We lost our local 'Streetlife' site as we were force fed into a site called 'Nextdoor' I don't know if that was a national decision or whether 'Streetlife' still exists elsewhere?
If you still have a Streetlife site there is a section for sales and all the 'viewers' are local.
Good luck Mumski - we've been there and it's a horrible time as you are so split emotionally - you can't afford to give it away but don't want to appear money orientated.
Good luck - my thoughts are with you

Take it to an auction house. They will give you an idea of how much you might get for it all. Remember though you will have to pay fees.

There is a site called Chinasearch.co.uk where you can list all you have and they will assess and contact you.
If you google "sell china dinnerware" there are other sites too.
other than that I would think it would be auction but then you would have commission to pay.

If you Google 'vintage teas' in your area you will find crockery hire companies who might be interested in buying them. They hire out mis-matched china for functions, so any quantity would be useful to them.

Have you tried Gumtree mumski?

Also, if you have tea sets within your collection you may find that local local venues (from specialist cafes, to museums, farm shops, pubs etc.) anyone who offer afternoon teas, might be interested. It's worth asking!
Good luck

If you or anyone you know uses facebook there are local pages called facebay for sfacebayitems.

An auction house would be my first thought but to be honest, on experience of attending our local, very good, auction house, there is always a lot of china and it doesn't fetch a lot of money and as BBbevan says, there are fees to pay. They'll certainly give you an estimate though so no harm in asking. Chinasearch sounds a good idea, and there is a demand for china to make trios - tea plate, cup and saucer - which are very saleable.

Try eBay.....you'll probably have better luck breaking up the service as people look for replacements. Pic of some of the EBay prices attached.

It's sad to say but that sort of china is just out of fashion. People seem to want plain white plates and just buy them in supermarkets.
I used to work in a large China department and loved our stock. I remember the January sales when a huge wave of ladies would sweep down the depth. Worcester Evesham was a very popular choice.

Department not 'depth'!

I am sorry, but I´ve been in much the same situation recently, after my mother died. People nowadays do not use dinner services, coffee sets, etc. Just a different age. My mother set store by her persian carpets, her china, her crystal. Nobody wants this nowadays. These are just material possessions. Give away to a charity shop and be glad you do not have to pay to get rid of them.

I had the same problem with my Mum's china. she had some lovely things including a paper-thin porcelain tea service from China.
I took it all to an auction house and they weren't interested, said it would never sell. So sadly had to scrap it.
Mind, she hadn't used it for years.

I`m another one with tons of china to dispose of - auction houses aren`t interested unless it is something very special. Ebay is a possibility but you have to be careful posting breakables - and you can easily end up out of pocket by the time fees are paid.
People tell me that carboot sales can be good - but I`m not enthusiastic enough to get up at crack of dawn to stand in a muddy field.
I`m afraid your best bet is to consider it a charitable donation and take it to a local charity shop or jumble sale.

(Incidentally I am also burning G-plan wall units as I literally cannot give them away)

I understand too I had to break up a big wall unit with light up bar section it was a beauty but no one wanted it I too have got Mum and dads china mums huge elephant collection and lots of my grandads record collection and sheet music that mum had hung on to I can't bring myself to throw them away

We've cleared our parents' houses too. Its a sad business. I discovered that there's lots of things I just couldn't bring myself to part with too.
Very sadly we found lots of things still in their packaging at MiLs: they had been 'too good to use' and kept for 'special occasions' that never came.

My brothers and I have a selection of my parents' china and glassware including a Harlequin tea service and a complete 12 place setting Noritake dinner service with all serving dishes. No idea what to do with it. DH spotted a Royal Doulton dinner service in a charity shop recently with a sold sticker ..... £250!

When DD2 was married, I was charged with collecting 100 sets of mismatched china to be used at the wedding breakfast, which was in a cruck barn (as well as a couple of dozen vintage photo frames to display old family wedding photos in). I bought it over several months, bit by bit, from charity shops and car boot sales, often staggering home on the bus with a heavy cardboard box full of the stuff. After the wedding I hung onto it all for four years, thinking I might come across someone who wanted it, lent it out for two more weddings, offered it without success to local cricket clubs who used to use china but now prefer disposable cups and plates, and took it all to a charity shop just before Christmas. They said it flew off the shelves, so someone still wants it!

Just last week DD2 casually said she is thinking of a 1920s party for her DH's big birthday in December, and did I still have the china? .

I saw a huge dinner set of our 'wedding china' (there's an old fashioned concept!) on one of those antiques programme's auctions. It went for £5!

fourormore I am also frustrated at the loss of 'Streetlife'. It was so useful, but we too have been offered 'Nextdoor', which wanted so much information and actually published a full address - I wasn't happy with that and cancelled my registration. However, if there is a local forum - and some towns do have them I believe - that would be a great place to sell good china. We also have a shop locally that will sell your good and give you half - might be worth googling to see if there is similar in your area, mumski . good luck!

'goods'. sorry - typing all over the place today as stunned by the election news!

Fourormore, Streetlife gone forever. It was 'bought out' by nextdoor, which in my area, is not good at all. I have joined Kahuti, which for me is better, though still not as good as Streetlife.
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I have found something on line called shpock which sells all sorts of stuff eg cars, computers, iphones etc. If you want to sell something and have it picked up, it may be better to look in your area.

I have a large glass dining room table with 4 white chairs, all surplus to requirements so that is one way I will try to sell them. The other is Gumtree.

Even better than selling it, keep it and use it! I will have the problem of what to do with my large collection of Port Merion crockery soon as none of my children want it when I move into the new extension being built at my daughter's house. Can't part with it so I'm going to pack it all up and store it for the time being

Mumski if there are any vintage shops/markets in your area it might be worth taking a few photos of the china and emailing them across..it's worked for me before and saves legwork! Good luck