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<p>[QUOTE="dgbjwc, post: 9764934, member: 308"]It has been sitting in my dining room for years. I collected ruby and cranberry glass so I'm sure I just picked it up for that reason. I'm slowly downsizing so am looking through the house for things to consider selling. I thought the value for this piece was in the glass. My guess is both myself and the auctioneer just missed the sterling symbol. To be honest, I don't live in an area where these types of treasures turn up very often. The little city I live in is one of the poorest in Indiana. To find better items I would go to Indy, but not often as it was about an hour and a half drive with city traffic and I'd usually be outbid anyway. It never occurred to me that this piece might be sterling until I did a google image search. It's quite possible the auctioneer made the same mistake. I doubt I paid more than $100 - $200 - that's my usual limit. I'd estimate I bought it somewhere between 10 and 20 years ago. I have no idea of its history. </p><p><br /></p><p>I probably will not try to polish it. I really think it has a nice patina now and wouldn't want to do anything cleaning it that would hurt the value. I know just enough about polishing silver to be dangerous. I weighed it again and the silver alone weighs 4 lbs. 10.5 ounces so the melt value today would be around $1800. But, it's a beautiful piece and I would be heartbroken if it sold only to be melted down. It deserves better than that. And, of course, I can't prevent that if I sell it at auction. I think for now I'll just hold onto it. When I do part with it I'll probably sell it as buy it now and set a price somewhere between the melt value and what Biggins is asking. There's plenty of room between those two numbers. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm glad you all appreciate it as much as I do. There's value just in that. Thanks so much everyone! </p><p>Don[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dgbjwc, post: 9764934, member: 308"]It has been sitting in my dining room for years. I collected ruby and cranberry glass so I'm sure I just picked it up for that reason. I'm slowly downsizing so am looking through the house for things to consider selling. I thought the value for this piece was in the glass. My guess is both myself and the auctioneer just missed the sterling symbol. To be honest, I don't live in an area where these types of treasures turn up very often. The little city I live in is one of the poorest in Indiana. To find better items I would go to Indy, but not often as it was about an hour and a half drive with city traffic and I'd usually be outbid anyway. It never occurred to me that this piece might be sterling until I did a google image search. It's quite possible the auctioneer made the same mistake. I doubt I paid more than $100 - $200 - that's my usual limit. I'd estimate I bought it somewhere between 10 and 20 years ago. I have no idea of its history. I probably will not try to polish it. I really think it has a nice patina now and wouldn't want to do anything cleaning it that would hurt the value. I know just enough about polishing silver to be dangerous. I weighed it again and the silver alone weighs 4 lbs. 10.5 ounces so the melt value today would be around $1800. But, it's a beautiful piece and I would be heartbroken if it sold only to be melted down. It deserves better than that. And, of course, I can't prevent that if I sell it at auction. I think for now I'll just hold onto it. When I do part with it I'll probably sell it as buy it now and set a price somewhere between the melt value and what Biggins is asking. There's plenty of room between those two numbers. I'm glad you all appreciate it as much as I do. There's value just in that. Thanks so much everyone! Don[/QUOTE]
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