Question:
I have a "set" of Red Wing Pottery that I received from my mother. It’s made up of a combination of pieces from "Roundup" and "Chuck Wagon".

Including: 8 salad plates, 1 with small blemish, 1 that has been cracked and glued. The numbers are 223? chipped, 331? cracked, 213 or 218, 218, 228, 2x 319. 1 number is only half printed.

8 dinner plates in very good condition 3x 129, 5x 319.

3 serving dishes
10 cups, 1 cracked but not all the way through, I think, no numbers.
10 saucers, 2x 116, unknown, 2x probably 319 or 229, 4x 229, 319

If you send me an email I will reply with link to a folder on MyPictureTown that will have all the pictures made of the Red Wing pottery. I assume that the numbers are of the different painters that made the pieces. True? What’s the best place to sell these items? eBay? Or auction in a gallery somewhere? Can you point me to a gallery, I would guess that a gallery in MN would be best, but what do I know? Thank you very much, Max

Answer:
Chuck Wagon and Round Up are two patterns that for the most part are decorated wi the same artwork. Only a few Chuck Wagon pieces have a different scene than the same piece in Round Up. Upon review of your photos, I see no pieces that are exclusively Chuck Wagon. I would consider this to be a collection of Round Up pieces.

The three digit numbers that appear on the bottom of some pieces along with the Red Wing ink stamp are stock numbers, most likely used to indicate a particular lot or batch. These numbers are generally of no interest to collectors. They do not indicate the painter of the piece. A piece of Red Wing dinnerware was not decorated by a single artist. The painters worked in assembly line fashion, each of them adding the brush strokes to apply a single color of the design.

Below are values for pieces in mint condition. The value of damaged items is reduced by 25-50% for minor damage, by 75% or more for major damage.

Dinner plate: $75-125
Bread plate 6.5 inches: $40-60
Cup & saucer: $40-60
Long Bread tray: $175-250
Nappy bowl 9.5 inches: $150-200
Divided vegetable: $150-200

Please see our FAQ section for advice on selling Red Wing. We cannot provide names or contact information for selling purposes. Maximum value for the mint condition pieces would probably be realized in an auction setting that attracts a large number of Red Wing collectors. There are several auctions and other sales opportunities during the week of the annual Red Wing Collectors Society convention. The convention is held annually the second week in July in Red Wing MN. But it is now late June and most likely too late to add items to these auctions.

Larry