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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gregsglass, post: 542432, member: 78&quot;]Hi,</p><p>&nbsp; Super buy!!! I always tell people to polish silver before they sell it. If it is tarnished you can not be sure if it is plated or not. The church fire in Brooklyn that I often talk about had six 5 ft candlesticks that the church spray painted silver every Easter to make them look nice. i started to go to church in February and when it came time for the cleaning for Easter they asked me to help. I damn near had a heart attack when they gave me the spray paint to spray the candlesticks. As I was washing them I noticed that they were Gorham silver and MARKED sterling. I asked why they were spray painting them and the people said because for years they were tarnishing and looked better painted. They were older and had no idea that they were sterling. There were so many coats of paint on them you could not even seen the detail. I stripped one and polished it and when reassembled they were eye popping!!! I did the other 5 and they were stunning. I then turned to the six 8 ft candlesticks that were sprayed gold and again you saw nothing. They were also Gorham but they were not gold but BRONZE. Again I stirpped and cleaned one and the detail was breath taking.</p><p>greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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