OT - 1993 Topps R&N China Porcelain cards

[Zach Wheat]

Jason,

There have to be several versions of at lease some of these pieces of sports nostalgia. I have seen examples that do not contain the Topps licensing information and have language included that they are "sports nostalgia". They also state they are produced by R & N China Co. out of Carrollton, OH.

Happy collecting.

[DaClyde]

Oh, yeah, I know the Griffey, Ryan, Bonds, Thomas and Ripken are all available as parts of career retrospective sets. Probably Clemens as well.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by DaClyde

Oh, yeah, I know the Griffey, Ryan, Bonds, Thomas and Ripken are all available as parts of career retrospective sets. Probably Clemens as well.

Mattingly, too.

[homerunderby]

Amazingly more popped up, available on Ebay for the right price

160 Whitaker
243 Deer
250 Knoblauch

https://www.ebay.com/itm/15446120964...sAAOSwzQxgNFrD

https://www.ebay.com/itm/32406642925...gAAOSw5oZePcwl

[ALR-bishop]

Are they dishwasher safe ?

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by DaClyde

Oh, yeah, I know the Griffey, Ryan, Bonds, Thomas and Ripken are all available as parts of career retrospective sets. Probably Clemens as well.

I just stumbled upon this thread after having recently picked up a R & N China Co. 8.5" plate at a local garage sale. This plate has a large image of the 1958 Topps Bob Clemente card. It is still shrink-wrapped in its original packaging, and only the top of the plate shows. I found an identical plate currently for sale on eBay as a BIN, and the seller shows several pics of both sides of the plate - here's the link to it:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/29497211846...ampid%3APL_CLK

I know absolutely nothing about these R & N China plates, so I will appreciate any information anyone can provide about this Clemente plate, such as:
- What year was it produced?
- How many Clemente plates were produced?
- Were plates produced for any of the other 1958 Topps cards?
- Is this Clemente plate worth more than the few bucks I paid for it?

Thanks in advance for any helpful info,
Val

[ALR-bishop]

Only one I have... still

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

- Is this Clemente plate worth more than the few bucks I paid for it?

How many? The certificate said it was limited to 90 minting days. That's a lot of plates, but obviously not many survived. The one in the ebay listing looks like it's #61,9x0 , so that's tens of thousands of that specific plate.

I would price it at $50 in my antique mall booth, personally.

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by swarmee

How many? The certificate said it was limited to 90 minting days. That's a lot of plates, but obviously not many survived. The one in the ebay listing looks like it's #61,9x0 , so that's tens of thousands of that specific plate.

I would price it at $50 in my antique mall booth, personally.

John, thanks for your helpful input. I'll likely put it on eBay for around the price you suggest.

[ALR-bishop]

Found one more

[DaClyde]

Added one more card to the 1993 list today to bring the total to 157/825:

520 Charlie Hough