This doesn't qualify as antique, or even vintage, but I've been trying to find out what I can about it. It was purchased new by my late sister....
I guess I don't have as educated an eye, but I'm afraid I might have passed on this if I'd seen it. I look for either the marks "sterling", "925",...
I shared the link on a daguerreotype collectors page on facebook, and one of the members responded that he had spoken with someone handling the...
Oh. My. Gawd!!!
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The only clues to size I observed were the books, and the sellers hand, so I couldn't begin to guess the weight.
I think I see a hallmark on the side in the first photo. Even without that, it's an appealing piece.
My grandmother collected them, more for the silver content than as memorabilia. She gave them to me when I was a child. I still have them all, and...
The set of 6 sold for a little over 32.26gpb on June 25, 2013, about 42.30usd. Silver was at $19.63 that day, down from over $30 in Jan. 2013....
Also, the exchange rate was roughly 1.30usd to 1gbp. Not much different now.
Thank you, Dragonfly Wink and Bakersgma!
According to the chart on JM Bullion, silver was at $19.63 per ounce that day, down from over $30 in January of 2013....
According to what I could find online, a $5.00 gold half eagle weighed 8.3 grams (.27 troy oz). So, yeah, not cheap, but not exorbitant, and...
Yes, I would. It passed $2,000 an ounce today!
It didn't show a month of that sale, did it? I ask because silver prices flucuated between $32 and $18 per ounce that year!
Thanks!
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-dutch-silver-apostle-spoons-453425601
Thanks again! I was hesitant to say that was a rampant lion or not. The letters look like V R, but I can't figure out the one that looks like a...
So, obviously they don't pre-date the sterling stamp. If I'm reading this correctly, a sword stamp was used 1814 - 1905 indicates .833 fineness,...
Not to my knowledge. I'd guess that gold was cheap (relatively) when it was made, so why fake it?
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