Hmm..well..I did buy a whole set of flatware at an estate sale a couple of months ago for 250 bucks. It turned out to be a complete set of the Candlelight series from TOWLE, made in we think 1980. The papers that came with it say it originally cost 2,900 bucks at that time. I don't know if it's true, but it's very nice silverware.
I'm planning to give it to my dear saintly momma for Christmas.
You wouldn't be familiar with that brand, would you?
I'm just trying to figure out what it is worth.
My mother in law had Candlelight from Towle and it is sitting in my office waiting to go to my daughter. I have to send some of it off for repair but it is beautiful. And if you got it for 250, you got a good deal!