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Incomple set of 61 pieces. Wonder if I should separate them somehow or sell all together?
Auction or buy now?

 

You could do a couple of place settings.
And in pairs. 2 Forks. 2 spoons etc.
What's selling on ebay? place settings or pairs?
I think you will make more money that way rather than selling all 61 at once.

 

Kard, I can't BELIEVE you found all of that at the Goodwill - and for that price!
Holy cow - and then some!


Oh - are those ROUND (cream) soup spoons in that last Chantilly photo (middle of top row)? They always seem to sell much better than the OVAL ones, and with the holidays coming up...

VERY nice score!


edited to add: Recent eBay Chantilly cream soup spoon sales:
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fr...lete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc&_trksid=p2045573.m1684

 

The Whiting Mfg. pattern is Gorham's circa 1865 'Olive', have seen it before with Whiting's mark, and believe it shows up in at least one reference as a Whiting pattern (Turner, maybe?) - Gorham tended to be very protective, so would assume there was some agreement between them on this pattern, but never really investigated...

http://www.925-1000.com/patterns_Gorham_2.html

~Cheryl

 

Great info, Cheryl! I thought about looking into a Gorham possibility and then got sidetracked.

 

Would have been produced long before Gorham acquired Whiting, but Gorham tended to sue anyone who infringed on their designs or trademark, so there must have been some sort of arrangement...

~Cheryl

 

Ok, there are 12 knives, 17 coffee spoons, 12 fish forks, 12 large forks, 5 soup spoons and the three other single pieces-larger spoon, cheese? knife and a spoon.

I can do 12 x knife, coffe spoon, fish fork, fork and sell the rest separately

or 6 x 2 knives, .....
or 3 x 4 knives, ....

or 3 different settings - one for 2, 4 and 6. I can also add 4 soup spoons to the second setting.
Other suggestions?

 

Kard, I believe those are salad forks, not fish forks.

I personally would sell twelve 4-piece place settings consisting of:
place fork, salad fork, knife and teaspoon

and the rest individually.

 

With the thicker tine on one end of the row, they could be cake/pastry forks.

EDIT - However, I just checked Replacements and they are calling them salad forks.

 

And the "other things" are (from the left in the picture) sugar spoon, master butter knife and serving spoon.

 

Thanks for the other "things"
If I do 12 4-piece settins I guess I'll have to go with buy now and use the quantity option? I've never done it before. I guess I have to describe that the pieces will be randomly selected or something like that and the markings can differ. Should I include pictures of the whole lot or only of one setting?

Or do 12 individial auction style listings? Or mixed style?

By the way, there is only one fork that is shorter than the rest. Different production time or different purpose?

 

Check the actual length and compare to the list on Replacements. Be sure to look at the list that matches the mark on that piece - the 1895 mark or the 1950 mark. Are the marks on the forks all the same or different?

And as for your other question about "the marks can differ" - I strongly urge you to separate older marked pieces from the newer marked ones and offer via different listings. A buyer filling out an existing set or replacing damaged ones will want the replacements to match what they have. I don't mean to make this more difficult for you, just telling you what you need to do to attract the right buyers to the right listings and avoid buyer dissatisfaction.

 

The forks may differ for different uses lunch, place or dinner fork

 

In the picture with the R then symbols/Pat/Sterling. The R is the Weight Mark of the silver. Up until the 1980's Gorham was available in different weights:
T - Trade
R - Regular
M - Massive
E - Extra Heavy
H - Heavy

 

Could you please tell how long the round bowl spoons are in the last posted picture? They could be chocolate spoons if 4 3/4". If 5" are bouillon spoons. If 6 1/4" are cream soup spoons.

 

I'd just scrap them and take a nice profit without all the faffing about, the time taken for a small extra profit would probably not earn you minimum wage if costed out.
What you do not have are usable place settings. Just sets of 4 pieces from a setting.

 

So happy for you.
And, you inspire us all to keep looking.