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I agree with that assesment. Plates of this type unless in a localized market where the buying community has that specific Church in their community has a typically low demand, if there is an ancillary interest in the plate, maybe a higher price. At tops 3$/plate.

That is not to say that a plate would not bring more if the historical view was unique. World Trade Center, Presidents, Apollo, all have "ancillary interest."

But as I have pointed out before, "People typically do not want to eat mashed potatoes on Jesus."

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Though I tend to understand why dealers are optomistic about their prices they can do so at the peril of ther credibility.

As a gesture, if the historic location has a website sending the plate at the USPS mail cheapest rate for a dollar or two is often a kind gesture~

If I hit these items in box lots I take them to Flea Market and sell them for a quarter.

I will admit to buying a plate with a CAT on it for $5.00 with an amazingly strong resemblence to "speedy" our cat. The runner-up at the auction bumped me twice to $4.

However as a rule unless there is a personal connection there is typically little value.

I do not mean to be irreverent, if somebody picks up a plate with Jesus on it at my table and I ask do you like it? I have given them away. Small acts of kindness and being sociable at auctions to keep the event fun go a long way on the journey to collecting.