Do sterling silver serving platters and gravy bowls have any value as far as silver content?
I have a bunch of these things from when my parents died and all they do is sit in the china cabinet and tarnish. I don't use these things and rather than have to pull them out every 6 months or so and polish them, I figured I'd just sell them.
Any thoughts?
It would be easy to get taken advantage of.
I’d do some major research, get some weights, and silver content percentage. Make sure you’re getting near “spot” for the melt value - you won’t get it because that value is idealized - but something near it.
I’m not sure. Is sterling silver plated? Silver plated stuff I don’t think has much true silver at all.
I would check to see if there are any watermark stamps on the bottom and if there is check the manufacturers website.
It might be made by Paul Revere or something and be worth a fortune! (he was a silversmith)
They can be very valuable not just for the silver content but for peoplr looking to expand and match sets and patterns
Talk to a local jeweler or silversmith about an appraisal, it might shock you into getting an insurance floater
Rather than outright sale, sometimes there are family members who would treasure these items, they can make wonderful wedding gifts, baby gifts, graduation gifts, etc
yes but only if they are sterling or a solid silver alloy
like say 800 fine etc , sterling is 925 fine , basically 92.5% silver ... there is a lot of silver plate out there which has little to no silver value , if the items are marked with halmarks , or little stamps you can decode that here at
925-1000.com , if the items have english words stamped on them
then the word sterling will be there if it is solid and not plated , the price per ounce here is about 80% of pure silver for sterling. I hope this helps p.s. numbers between 800 and 950 are generally a purity indication : 925 = sterling