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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MrNate, post: 3410042, member: 5515&quot;]Hi everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>Great responses from those that chose to participate in this game. I like all of your observations, and the details you observed in the photos. There was one clue I was really hoping someone would uncover, but I&#039;m happy to share what I saw. The assessment you&#039;ve made about the tone/thickness etc. of the pieces is really good, but it turns out that to make the leap of faith for $100, I needed to rely on one very important observation that hasn&#039;t been discussed.</p><p><br /></p><p>With that in mind, I will tell you that to purchase this group, I relied exclusively on my observation and knowledge of the large tray with handles. It&#039;s interesting that this was the piece that I think a lot of people ruled out, I suspect due to it&#039;s bulky shape and some rough features (perhaps I&#039;ve done too good of a job saying thin silver is a good sign because that&#039;s not 100% accurate). So while my eyes definitely saw the promise in the other trays in the photographs, this was the only item I considered in my decision to make the purchase. </p><p><br /></p><p>So what are the critical clues about this tray? Well the moment that I looked at this tray, I was firmly convinced it was going to be made in Mexico based on a number of style factors:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. The edging style is very typical of Mexican silver items</p><p>2.&nbsp; It also helps to understand that much of the Mexican silver produced violates the &quot;thin rule&quot; of silver; much of the silver produced was bulky/heavy/chunky. </p><p>3. So armed with this knowledge that the tray was likely made in Mexico, I set off on google to confirm how often these trays are silver-plated. My observation is they are rarely/never plated when they look like this, and much much much more often sterling silver. </p><p><br /></p><p>So.....I took the plunge and here&#039;s what I received (pre-polish); all other items in the photos turned out to be plated. I&#039;ll have post polish photos up in a few minutes.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]302216[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]302217[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]302218[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]302219[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]302220[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]302221[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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