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Rare eats: $50,000 for George Washington ‘birthday plate’ and $30,000 for Thomas Jefferson china

By Paul Bedard
Published February 13, 2020 3:29pm ET
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Rare eats: $50,000 for George Washington ‘birthday plate’ and $30,000 for Thomas Jefferson china
Items from 13 presidents are being auctioned, including this rare plate from the Jefferson White House set to sell for $30,000. | Photo courtesy RR Auction

An auction of rare presidential china is set to break records this week, with George Washington’s “birthday feast plate,” which had been gifted to another former president, Andrew Jackson, leading the sale with an expected hammer price of $50,000.

And for an estimated $30,000 final price, RR Auction, which is conducting the sale online, is offering a plate from former President Thomas Jefferson’s White House that shows his initial.

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