662156 Sun Oct 25 15:56:25 -0700 2009 3 30 Site Talk 0 5129967 A tabletop board is really needed. There are so many novices at china, crystal, and silver who were never taught and want to own these items. They don't know what to look for or where to buy and when they are getting a good buy or being gouged. There are also many of us who know how to advise. I was an appraiser for a number of years. I can't guarantee what I suggest any longer, but I know more than the average bear as do many many other posters. peeps are sitting on stuff they are totally unaware of value or want to buy and don't know where to turn for good advice. Certainly not to some one working on commission. They need fair and unbiased info. CH could do a great favor offering a first step in that direction. Sun Oct 25 15:56:25 -0700 2009 10285 Candy 1 5130058 Those sorts of things are covered on our Cookware board, though they start to push into the realm of decorating, which is really outside our focus. Sun Oct 25 16:42:42 -0700 2009 5129967 10021 Jacquilynne 2 5130143 It has nothing to do with decorating. Decoration is ephemeral, table top choices are much more long lasting than decorating decisions. These are long term choices that many people live with for a lifetime. In no way are they covered on Cookware also you do not cook with these items. Sorry you have such a nieve and narrowminded idea about this. If you had been with me at a roadshow Antiques appraisal event, when my Japenese bowl came in at $1800, a pre 1814 plate at over $750 and a 4 pc. pure silver (.999, not sterling at .925) coffee and tea service at over $5K you might have an idea of what you are talking about. You are clearly uninformed about table top. You might start by going to the nearest shop that specializes in tabletop and pricing Royal Danish Bontanica and working your way down. Maybe if you could find a set of sterling cookware you might begin to understand. Sun Oct 25 17:13:09 -0700 2009 5130058 10285 Candy 3 5130250 Pricing china and silver is really pretty far outside the realm of what we do here -- I would imagine there are many internet forums that are better suited to that conversation. But if people do want to discuss that, then the Cookware board is where we'd allow that conversation to happen. You might not find the name as all-encompassing as you'd like, but it is the right place for that to happen. -- Jacquilynne, Community Manager for Chowhound Sun Oct 25 17:45:11 -0700 2009 5130143 10021 Jacquilynne