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<p>[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 201379, member: 51"]I imagine that there might be varied thoughts on this.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a Gorham Medici Sterling salad fork I've had on a fixed price auction for about a month with no takers. It is just beautiful and was hoping someone could use it for an existing set. I have it listed at $19.99 with $1.95 shipping. Weight is 46.7 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not calibrated with what silver melt down rates are, but just had an email that someone could "go as high as $18.50" if I would take that offer. Guessing that he/she must be in the business of melting down. If they needed the fork for a set, why not just pay the extra $1.50. Do you think my guess is correct?</p><p><br /></p><p>Ironically I'd be happy to sell it for $18.50, but it is such a pretty fork, I hate to think of someone melting it and taking a fork in this pattern out of circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a perfect world would not be melted as scrap. Does $20.49 (offer + shipping) sound like an offer from someone who plans to melt this 46.7 gram fork? Thanks.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]57698[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 201379, member: 51"]I imagine that there might be varied thoughts on this. I have a Gorham Medici Sterling salad fork I've had on a fixed price auction for about a month with no takers. It is just beautiful and was hoping someone could use it for an existing set. I have it listed at $19.99 with $1.95 shipping. Weight is 46.7 grams. I am not calibrated with what silver melt down rates are, but just had an email that someone could "go as high as $18.50" if I would take that offer. Guessing that he/she must be in the business of melting down. If they needed the fork for a set, why not just pay the extra $1.50. Do you think my guess is correct? Ironically I'd be happy to sell it for $18.50, but it is such a pretty fork, I hate to think of someone melting it and taking a fork in this pattern out of circulation. In a perfect world would not be melted as scrap. Does $20.49 (offer + shipping) sound like an offer from someone who plans to melt this 46.7 gram fork? Thanks. [ATTACH=full]57698[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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