Silverware ID Box 1

It looks like a lot of this box is the same as box 2 which I already posted, but I wanted to post it anyways. This time I got a $13 light box and used a tripod. Everything is being cropped and reduced in file size so if there is anything you want a better look at I can try to zoom and not reduce quality. Thank you in advance for your knowledge and information.

Set 1 Box 1








Set 2 Box 1

 

Set 3 Box 1












Set 4 Box 1

 

Every set you posted here is the same pattern by Gorham. Isn't this the same stuff you posted earlier?

 

Set 5 Box 1 (this had a note that says stainless blades, not sure if that's true)











Set 6 Box 1

 

No this is a different box so there must be a lot of the same set. I just wanted to post it just incase I missed something like the knives.

 

ok sorry about that, I forgot there was an actual silver forum. Was wondering why I didn't see my other post. Thank you

 

The Gorham pieces here so far are the Old French pattern you showed before.

This is getting very confusing so I'm going to stop even looking until you're done.,

 

I'm done now. We have like 6 or 7 boxes of silver and I'm cataloging what's in each of them. It looks like everything in this box is the Old French pattern by Gorham which you identified last time. This is box 1 which I did box 2 last time. Sorry for making such a mess of it I'm learning as I'm going and it's a logistical issue getting the photo's organized and posted. But thank you again

 

Okie dokie. I understand the issues you're dealing with, so I'll hold my horses as you add additional boxes and their contents.

 

And by the way - LaTema was a stainless blade producer who supplied Gorham and other silver manufacturers frequently.

 

ohhhhh awesome, that right there was worth the entire post lol. It looks like everything in this box is gohram then with the same pattern. I got pictures of two other sets on the other thread but it's hard to organize everything. I think I'm going to post complete photo shoot's of the two new sets IE front back and marking of each so it's easier to follow.

Also are the two different fork designs just different types of forks in the same pattern?

 

Yes, there are lots of different types of forks such as Place Fork, Salad For, Fish Fork, Luncheon Fork, etc. etc.

You could look here to see what the R site has in stock for this pattern:

https://www.replacements.com/silver-gorham-silver-old-french-sterling-1905/c/31310

I love it, BTW. Old and rich looking even if plain. I like plain patterns. Are you keeping it or selling it?

Edit: the R site says this pattern dates to 1903 - 2019. That's a long run!

 

We have a lot of stuff that we need to sell but want to make sure it goes to a good home and of course that we're getting what it's worth. I know that the antique market is nothing like what it was a couple decades ago but it was my grandparents life work. In the case of the silverware we don't want to sell for scrap because if it's worth more we'd like to make that and also because if any of it has value beyond it's silver content it would be a shame to have it melted down. I know it's a faux pas to ask people here to give us an idea of what something is worth so I'm just trying to gather information so that I am informed when the time comes. We would like to keep it all but don't have the room and honestly don't think we're up to taking care of it properly, IE: I'm 40 and a couple hundred year old chest would just get beat up at my house.

We just need to find the best way to find the right buyer and we need to be informed when that time comes. In the mean time I get a kick out of all of this behind the scenes work, taking pictures and learning about it but I don't have much time to do it. Maybe when my dad retires or when I retire we can go head on into it. This is all information that will be used years in the future when the time comes. My dad just doesn't want this to become an inherited burden on his grandson.

 

I'm glad to read you say the things you have been saying about being prepared when the time comes and "getting a kick" out of the work. Were your grandparents in the business?

 

No grandson I've ever heard of would not accept 10 pounds of sterling silver , that he could troddle off to the store & get near melt weight for.
Unless your silverware starts to show signs of upper deck makers.....it's all melt worthy..

 

Not really, it was more of a hobby for them but they collected for quite some time.

I'm trying to avoid ending up with it in the smelter but if it comes down to it I'll just smelt it myself and sell it for the price of silver, not going to sell it to someone who wants to buy it for scrap. And when I'm talking about leaving everything to my nephew to deal with I mean all of the antiques not the silver. But what I'm gathering it all belongs in a smelter anyways due to condition and monograms. I would actually sell it to someone who would collect it at the scrap price but honestly I don't trust people enough to tell me the truth of what it's really worth. If worse comes to worse I can sit on it for a decade or two, I'm in no hurry.

 

You can trust us !!

Here...if someone gives out bad or erroneous information........it is swiftly dealt with by those who know the truth .

Only Newbies would make the mistake of getting on the wrong side ....of the good folks here.........BUT....if one of the gang is off base...or in error ( It can happen.....) ( bin there , done that !! ) ....it usually gets sorted out reasonably friendly like.and swiftly !!

But just FYI....family stuff is the worst to deal with.....cuz there are invested emotions...... but it can't turn International Silver...into Georg Jensen !

 

You can always know what the melt value of your silver is. You would need to weigh all of it and then go to the internet to find out what the current value of a troy ounce of silver is valued at, do the math and have your price. There are even conversion tools on line so you don't have to do any math.

IMHO, monograms don't hurt the price that much, certainly not a melt weight value. But even if selling to an individual, you have a 1 in 26 chance of finding someone with that initial.

I would suggest that you polish it all up (yes, it will take awhile). You will see it transform before your very eyes and might even want to use it yourself. Some folks believe strongly in keeping silver in their families and using it for generations. Y

But if you want to sell it, now might be the right time. Silver prices are going up now.

 

I’m curious on why it matters to you if it gets melted? If I understood your logic:

If a buyer came to you and offered you X amount of dollars (let’s just say melt value) and they told you they’re melting it down, you would say no.

But if another buyer came to you and offered the same price but claimed to be collecting them, you would say yes?

More than anything I’m just trying to understand the interest in what someone does with it after you sell it; my personal view is once I sell something, I’ve lost the right to chose what happens to it, so why even worry about it?