Everything has its day and its time, and Wedgwood China isn’t an exception to the rule.  As the company is 250 years old there are patterns that were used to form dishware that simply no longer exist, but pieces of the dishware still do.  Folk take such good care of their Wedgwood China and such good care went into their turn out that plenty of the original pieces made in the first days of the company are still in existence.  The situation is this – when people die, they pass their Wedgwood China collections down to their successors.  During the course of history, pieces break or go missing.  Therefore, the value of a total set dating back a while is sort of impossible to imagine.  However [*COMMA] around the globe there are associations who try and match collections of Wedgwood to make complete sets.  For later designs, it is easy to get fill-in pieces to restore your set to its original grandeur. 

Wedgwood itself guarantees it will do its best to keep a stockpile of all of its patterns available, to replace broken or lost pieces for shoppers who request them.  But even these aren’t limitless and there are plenty of of the countless designs that have run out and have become canned Wedgwood China.  Once Wedgwood has officially discontinued a particular pattern, the costs for any and all existing pieces skyrocket. 

There are many places of business all around the globe specializing in handling only abandoned Wedgwood China pieces for that heavy collector or highly prized family heirloom collections missing one plate or teacup to make it complete.  As you can most likely imagine, a full set of a discontinued Wedgwood China pattern can be quite valuable.  Check out the auction prices on older pieces and you’ll get an idea of what great, great grandmother’s China could be worth on today’s market.

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