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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MrNate, post: 4311980, member: 5515&quot;]Good Morning Everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>I meant to show you these pieces much sooner, but the polishing is taking much longer than I would have ever anticipated....it&#039;s a good thing I like polishing. About a month ago I came across these in a listing:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351137[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The seller provided me additional photos, but none showed me marks that I was looking for. To compound the problem, this was going to be a long drive to pick up, and it wasn&#039;t my usual bargain price. To commit to that, I decided to take the gamble based on my observation of the pieces. The have all the correct qualities that would indicate they were real silver. I researched online and found many similar styled pieces and the clue that convinced me the most that it was worth the gamble was the photo of the bottom the seller sent me:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351138[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This hollowed out base matched many comparable pieces I found online, and while there still weren&#039;t any marks to be seen, that was enough for me to take a long drive, gamble some money and see what I got out of it. I&#039;m glad I did, I&#039;ve been working on one candlestick on and off again for the last month, I thought you would enjoy seeing the contrast between the two pieces:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351139[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351140[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351141[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351142[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351143[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351144[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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