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<p>[QUOTE="MrNate, post: 1273947, member: 5515"]You guys have great eyes, those are all really good guesses. When I'm looking at a lot like this, I'm trying to see if there is an item or items that I should get details on first. For me, this was the little pill box and the oval basket behind the pitcher. I'm dealing with a seller that doesn't live close by, so I have to choose the information I request carefully. If I pester them for a ton of photos, they may get annoyed due to the effort to satisfy my requests. So here's the photo they sent me of the oval basket and the pill box:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]217528[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]217529[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Note: that's not a good mark for the bread basket, but useful information to me as I'm trying to decide what items I would like to ship. In my mind, anything I can throw into the mix along with the pill box increases my odds of finding more silver. So at this point I don't ask for anymore photos. I took a shot to request photos of a few items that I found most interesting, and then it's my job to guess on items that could potentially be silver. I ended up requesting everything laying on the tray except the water pitcher, and the two round plates laying flat in the front left of the photo. Admittedly, I skipped over the oval dish on the right of the first photo, as I didn't think it looked right. Now that I've taken a closer look, I definitely could have inquired based on the look. I've seen some real silver items with that tone, but I didn't consider it immediately due to the even nature of the tarnish. I'll update everyone once the package arrives, probably in 3 days or so.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MrNate, post: 1273947, member: 5515"]You guys have great eyes, those are all really good guesses. When I'm looking at a lot like this, I'm trying to see if there is an item or items that I should get details on first. For me, this was the little pill box and the oval basket behind the pitcher. I'm dealing with a seller that doesn't live close by, so I have to choose the information I request carefully. If I pester them for a ton of photos, they may get annoyed due to the effort to satisfy my requests. So here's the photo they sent me of the oval basket and the pill box: [ATTACH=full]217528[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]217529[/ATTACH] Note: that's not a good mark for the bread basket, but useful information to me as I'm trying to decide what items I would like to ship. In my mind, anything I can throw into the mix along with the pill box increases my odds of finding more silver. So at this point I don't ask for anymore photos. I took a shot to request photos of a few items that I found most interesting, and then it's my job to guess on items that could potentially be silver. I ended up requesting everything laying on the tray except the water pitcher, and the two round plates laying flat in the front left of the photo. Admittedly, I skipped over the oval dish on the right of the first photo, as I didn't think it looked right. Now that I've taken a closer look, I definitely could have inquired based on the look. I've seen some real silver items with that tone, but I didn't consider it immediately due to the even nature of the tarnish. I'll update everyone once the package arrives, probably in 3 days or so.[/QUOTE]
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