I am a sterling silver flatware collector. I rarely find pieces for less than the value of the silver. Every piece that gets melted down increases the value of my collection since the demand will soon exceed the supply of silver flatware. They are not making it anymore. Scrappers would be far more wise to buy and hold rather than melting.
@@Marc.Martain I respectfully disagree. Waste some time on eBay looking at single sticks of flatware. You pay way more for one replacement stick vs. the cost per stick when buying a whole set. And…if my service for 12 is missing one silly fork, I’d pay whatever it took to replace it because I can’t expect someone to use a spoon to eat a steak.
I just acquired a Manchester sterling set, really decorative set with a naked woman and a cupid on it. I think there is around 3 to four Pounds of 925 I think I am going to scrap it because i do not have time to post it online for sale. What should I do, should I wait or should I scrapnit?
lion with raised paw is brit symbol for sterling and each city and borough with silver smiths guild will have a symbol and a letter stamped for the year. US and other places will have sterling or 925.
How about silver (?) plated flat wear that is non magnetic and a lot you can not read the manufactuers name but none has a sterling word or a 925 symbol on it? How can I tell if it is actually silver and how would I get the silver off?
File the thing , I found some pieces that have the look and feel, but isn't marked, the quality is immaculate, but it looks to b solid, not gonna cut or file those ,got two spoons larger size and a real heavy mini scooper from different company they been thoroughly used and dented, yet nothing but silver showing, one brand called American silver, the other is Reed &carton durable
Treat like brass.that composition of nickel silver is 20 percent nickel and 30 percent copper and the rest I don't know but the yard I deal with buys it as brass.i do find the occasional sterling though.
I really hope people arent taking this to the bank becuase you're giving people incorrect information and applying a false sense of value to sterling silverware. it's all pretty much junk today and goes right to the refiner to be made into bars. so, it's worth about 70% of silver.
What incorrect information did I give? What false sense of value did I give, please show me an example! I gave the current silver price, I gave the average silver content, I even gave an estimate of value in scrap??? So again, I ask, what false information did I give...........try watching the video.
