Selling Household Items Made By This Vintage Company Could Earn You A Ton Of Money

In 1795, John Rose began crafting glazed bone Coalport porcelain in Shropshire, England. By 1820, he'd perfected his processes for hard white porcelain and increasingly made more elaborately decorated works. Within ten years, Rose oversaw one of that country's most successful pottery making operations.

Many of the items made by the Coalport vintage brand can earn sellers a good amount of money in 2025, with a Coalport platter from the 1850s listed on 1stDibs for $850 in July 2025. Similarly, a brightly decorated set of a dozen plates, crafted around 1900, was listed for $7,500. Interestingly enough, in contrast to older Coalport designs, the brand's most in-demand line, Countryware, uses raised texture, rather than color, to catch the eye. In 2021, Neal Auction sold a set of Countryware china for $256. In 2023, invaluable sold a 111-piece set for $500 and, in July 2025, an eBay seller listed a Coalport Wedgwood cabbage leaf teapot for $175. w

Reselling goods online can be an easy way to make money, but it's important to ensure authenticity before putting pieces up for sale under the Coalport name. This can involve studying what marks were used on Coalport pieces in each era. Very early on, pieces were unmarked before John Rose briefly used the mark COALBROOKDALE — making the original Coalport mark quite rare. In the 1820s, pieces were likely stamped with "Society of Arts" while, during the 1830s and 1840s, "JOHN ROSE & Co" typically appeared. If planning to resell Coalport pieces, also make sure to educate yourself on the company's specific designs. In 1801, Coalport invented the Indian Tree pattern — one that many other companies have since copied. This design featured a crooked tree branch among other landscaping. Colors used included blue, green, orange, and pink.

You should also learn how to spot a counterfeit piece. Antique porcelain often has tiny cracks in the glaze and, even in excellent condition, won't have the uniform perfection found in mass produced pieces. When looking to add Coalport porcelain to your sales inventory, watch out for deals that seem too good to be true. Always ask the seller what documentation they have — while not all pieces will have any, it's worth asking. Finally, if a piece looks worth investing in for resale purposes, consider getting an expert opinion from an appraiser. This can be especially relevant with highly-priced items.

While scouring through cupboards and thrift shops for Coalport porcelain, also watch for Tiffany brand glassware finds, which can also be valuable. For example, in July 2025, an eight-piece iridescent gold art glass liquor set was listed for sale on eBay at $2,750. Another valuable type of vintage glass is milky green jadeite. In 2023, a 26-piece set of jadeite glass sold for $325.00 on LiveAuctioneers. That same year, a large set of jadeite items went for $350 in an auction by Burchard Galleries Inc.

One particular Pennsylvania couple's story of looking resale finds reads more like a movie script, and can serve as motivation for those looking to thrift something valuable. When the couple first listed a vase they found in a hoarding situation for $25 in their secondhand store, a customer suggested they contact an auction gallery for a valuation. The auctioneer confirmed the vase was, in fact, a 1909 ruffled blue Peoples vase — one of only nine of its kind. The founder of the Millersburg Glass Museum in Millersburg, Ohio ended up purchasing the vase with a whopping $250,000 bid.