While visiting Southern California last month (another post to come), my husband and I got to go through and clean out the vintage-licious pink kitchen of his childhood home. It was impossible for me to hide my glee at much of what I saw (vintage pyrex! milk glass cake stands!), but the piece de resistance had to be a healthy amount of Franciscan Silver Pine porcelain china. Though its true luster was masked by a dusty patina, it took my breath away at first glance. We shipped it home along with the rest of the high school year books, 45′s, and various other delights — to the hefty tune of $200. Come to find out the cost of the shipping was made up for in the china alone, as a single coffee cup and saucer fetches about $10 at ebay or replacements, ltd (which is awesome, btw). Other pieces get exponentially more expensive, as much as $140 for a serving platter and $740 for a 45 piece set . For now, I guess I’ll be content with the amount we have, but if any readers out there have a couple of cups and a set of soup bowls they’d be willing to give up for a song, let me know! –Megan B.