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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;reader, post: 2805087, member: 255&quot;]Respectfully, I know no one ( not a single person) who would shine a classic vintage concha and I see literally thousands of them every year as I go to the vintage NA shows, dealers and trading posts but yes, it’s a choice.</p><p><br /></p><p>I strongly advise anyone who owns one to&nbsp; never polish it unless they’re committed to the piece for themself. Again, I do believe in gently wiping off serious tarnish with a light hand. The one I pictured is mid century and I inherited it in the early 80s. It has never been polished but it is wiped when needed.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe that all silver should be protected from blackening and pitting but I don’t believe that all silver should be kept shined. It depends on the piece and I definitely don’t believe in shine on vintage NA classic pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, I keep all my Peretti highly shined as well as some of my mid century Mexico. I definitely polish all my modernist pieces but I don’t polish the ones that reference MesoAmerica. So yes on my Pineda and no on my Spratling although again, I do wipe down pieces that I don’t polish.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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