Yesterday, we were talking with a silver appraiser regarding two candelabra pieces. The smaller candelabra was made of sterling and the larger more elaborate piece was silver plated. The appraiser valued the silver plated piece at about three times the value of the sterling piece. His reasons:
- The silver plated piece was made by a well-known English manufacturer; it had a very nice design and was in excellent condition
- The sterling piece was plainer, its design was of the 1960's (not very distinctive) and just not as nice looking
So, we stand corrected. Silver plated pieces of high quality and nice design can be valuable.
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2 comments/questions:
I am moving and will be having a house sale. I found several silverplated spoons of different sizes. They are marked Original Rodgers extra plate, Vernon, Holmes & Edwards super plate, Wallace luxor plate, Sheffield plate. They all appear to be some type of specialy serving spoon(ie: small gravy ladle, sugar spoons, condiments and a small fork and butter knife) How would I price these?
I honestly don’t know. You might check www.replacements.com to try to find something similar and then price yours somewhere between 20% and 40% of what replacements asks (Their prices are on the high side, I think).
There is a dealer who specialized in silver plate flatware who used to come to the Scott Antiques Mart every month in Atlanta. Her pieces were typically between $2 and $15.
Hope this helps. Maybe someone else will leave additional comments that might help.
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