What $15 got me today at a yard sale.

[CladSpends2]

Sorry, I am not even going to bother to try and post pics, I never seem able to to this site. But, we stopped at just one yard sale today and I bought my daughter a duffel bag full.............. yup, I said duffle bag full of legos and megablocks, a mini trampoline, two Disney movies and a Warner Bros. Bugs Bunny movie and my wife an antique sterling silver "pickle serving" spoon. It has holes for the juice to drain off. It weighs over 19 grams, so I know there is nearly $11 worth of silver in the spoon. I think we did pretty well for ourselves. Just too bad my wife wants to keep the spoon. LOL Happy Hunting out there.

T.

 

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[EDDE]

What no pics........

 

[CladSpends2]

I took my wife's silver spoon to the flea market today to ask a couple of the vendors who deal in such things what it is worth and both told us $25 to $35. Does anyone know if it would hurt it if she polished it up? Would it hurt the value, ruin it for a collector if she changes her mind about keeping it? Thanks for any help.

T.

 

[Sandman]

I would think the vendors at the flea mart would better know if the spoon would sell better if polished up or not. Some would want it polished up and others would want it to look old. I'd say keep the spoon. What ya gonna do with the money, buy a plastic spoon?

 

[diggummup]

I took my wife's silver spoon to the flea market today to ask a couple of the vendors who deal in such things what it is worth and both told us $25 to $35. Does anyone know if it would hurt it if she polished it up? Would it hurt the value, ruin it for a collector if she changes her mind about keeping it? Thanks for any help.

T.

It does not hurt the value of silver to polish it up. It is one of the few antiques that a "patina" doesn't apply to. I wouldn't sell it unless I knew exactly what it weighed first. Here is an example of a sterling fork that I sold on ebay a couple weeks ago. I shined it up just enough to sell it.

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[CladSpends2]

It weighs just over 19 grams. It is hers to keep or sell as she sees fit. No big deal, only have 3 or 4 bucks in it, just nice to know we did alright and it is worth a little more. Don't we all just want to get a deal LOL T.

 

[diggummup]

Yes I love a good deal.I felt like one of the guys on "American Pickers" yesterday at an estate sale digging through all kinds of good "junk".