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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 37872, member: 55"]I have a box of old sterling spoons and forks, and I wondered if anyone had some ideas on how to get rid of it.</p><p>I've been able to identify the pattern, but a web search doesn't show that anyone is interested in buying this pattern.</p><p><br /></p><p>It should have a melt value of several hundred dollars, but I understand that the local shops which buy silver will pay only a fraction of the real value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone know of any particular businesses or websites that I should check with, either to sell as tableware or for meltdown?</p><p>The plated ones can go to the Goodwill, of course, but there is about a pound of silver in the ones that are .925, I think; (I did find an online computation tool that provided an estimate of the amount of actual silver in such items).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 37872, member: 55"]I have a box of old sterling spoons and forks, and I wondered if anyone had some ideas on how to get rid of it. I've been able to identify the pattern, but a web search doesn't show that anyone is interested in buying this pattern. It should have a melt value of several hundred dollars, but I understand that the local shops which buy silver will pay only a fraction of the real value. Does anyone know of any particular businesses or websites that I should check with, either to sell as tableware or for meltdown? The plated ones can go to the Goodwill, of course, but there is about a pound of silver in the ones that are .925, I think; (I did find an online computation tool that provided an estimate of the amount of actual silver in such items).[/QUOTE]
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