MINT Large Vintage Halloween Paper Party Plate Decoration Beach & Arthur 1930s! — Halloween Collector.com

This has been an interesting year to watch market trends. One segment that, inexplicably to this collector, has risen rapidly is the Beach & Arthur plate segment. This lot that ended on 5.21.23 for $216.07 was far below what an identical plate offered by the same seller brought just three weeks earlier, $353. This is the correct trajectory as the market is reacting to perceived abundance. If other identical plates are listed, the prices should continue to drop. (Interestingly, this seller listed a plate with an identical design but with a different size, 6”x6” rather than 8”x8”, that also fetched an eye-popping yet unsustainable sum of $233.05 on 5.14.23.)
Plates aren’t rare. They were made by the tens of thousands and sold 6-12 to a pack. So, a good practice to adopt is to ask sellers if they have duplicates they plan to list. If so, wait. If one is too eager, they will almost always overpay.