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<p>[QUOTE="MrNate, post: 1164386, member: 5515"]Hey everyone!</p><p><br /></p><p>It's been awhile, I have a few little finds since last week but I'll wait to collect a few more from local stores to share. My internet searching paid off again today, and I was thrilled when I got a box in the mail. Here's the background story:</p><p><br /></p><p>As usual, I'm searching through lots of listings on the internet. And I saw one for flatware that caught my eye. Here's the only photo I had to work with, and the listing was titled "Various silver plated flatware and serving pieces."</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]212718[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><u>So......</u> What caught my eye? Well for me, it was the pie server in the bottom right of the photo. While it's true there's some that are plated, I've found that <u>most</u> of these are a weighted sterling handle. So that's enough for me to inquire on the listing. The person selling sent me a few photos of the backs of items, most of the photos they sent were plated, but one item showed 875 on the back so I took a gamble and bought the group. I had no clue how many items would be silver, but I was pleasantly surprised tonight. Here's all the goodies, I paid $35 total and the non-weighted silver items are 252 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]212719[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]212721[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]212722[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]212723[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]212724[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]212726[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]212727[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]212728[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]212729[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MrNate, post: 1164386, member: 5515"]Hey everyone! It's been awhile, I have a few little finds since last week but I'll wait to collect a few more from local stores to share. My internet searching paid off again today, and I was thrilled when I got a box in the mail. Here's the background story: As usual, I'm searching through lots of listings on the internet. And I saw one for flatware that caught my eye. Here's the only photo I had to work with, and the listing was titled "Various silver plated flatware and serving pieces." [ATTACH=full]212718[/ATTACH] [U]So......[/U] What caught my eye? Well for me, it was the pie server in the bottom right of the photo. While it's true there's some that are plated, I've found that [U]most[/U] of these are a weighted sterling handle. So that's enough for me to inquire on the listing. The person selling sent me a few photos of the backs of items, most of the photos they sent were plated, but one item showed 875 on the back so I took a gamble and bought the group. I had no clue how many items would be silver, but I was pleasantly surprised tonight. Here's all the goodies, I paid $35 total and the non-weighted silver items are 252 grams. [ATTACH=full]212719[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]212721[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]212722[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]212723[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]212724[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]212726[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]212727[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]212728[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]212729[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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