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serious crayons:
I'm glad they're getting use and appreciation!
I offered them to my young women relatives and none of them wanted it. I took it to vintage shops and none of them would take it. The only person who showed the slightest interest was a Mexican woman I hired a couple of years ago to clean my house in preparation for my move. She goes to church six times a week and said many members of her church are immigrants who could use household supplies.
It's actually a fancy kind of old Spode china that at one time was worth a pretty penny. Now even Replacements.com would only take some of it, but the amount they'd pay was about the same as the amount it would cost to mail, so I didn't bother.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on December 13, 2020, 12:45:47 pm ---I sold my silver a few years ago to be melted down. I've been trying to give away my grandmother's china and crystal, but nobody wants it. Both are/were nice enough but I hardly ever use them. So now, even on special occasions, I use my basic tableware, although the dishes my husband and I registered for when we got married serves as either fine china or everyday.
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So I take it your silver was sterling? Whom did you sell it to?
I know of at least one place around here that will buy sterling for the value of the silver in it, but nobody wants plate.
I've got a chest full of plate, service for eight that's really delicate, with tons of extra pieces in other patterns, and I'd love to get rid of it, but I don't want to donate it to a thrift store.
I'd thought about putting it on Craig's List, but I never got around to it. I'm sure now is not a good time to be trying to sell silverware.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 13, 2020, 01:46:53 pm ---I need to buy a case of Wright's Silver Cream first!
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I think that's part of the reason younger generations aren't interested in things like heirloom silver and china. Nobody wants to take the time to polish silver. :-\
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on December 13, 2020, 09:47:36 pm ---So I take it your silver was sterling? Whom did you sell it to?
I know of at least one place around here that will buy sterling for the value of the silver in it, but nobody wants plate.
I've got a chest full of plate, service for eight that's really delicate, with tons of extra pieces in other patterns, and I'd love to get rid of it, but I don't want to donate it to a thrift store.
I'd thought about putting it on Craig's List, but I never got around to it. I'm sure now is not a good time to be trying to sell silverware.
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For years, I thought mine was plate, so I didn't do anything about it. Then one day I looked at it with my reading glasses! :laugh: Turns out it was marked sterling after all. I googled and found a jewelry store that buys silver. There were a few plate serving spoons and things mixed in, so when I brought it there they sorted through everything and gave me back the plate.
It was my grandma's silver, which was a sort of traditional pattern. My mom had a cool silver set with a Greek key pattern. I might have kept that, but she sold it herself decades ago. At that time, they may have still been buying silver as tableware.
I wish I'd have sold the china years ago. I would just use it as my everyday china -- it can go in the dishwasher -- but the surface has a ring of bumpy basket-weave pattern, and the edges are ruffled. The design is an elaborate floral that's pretty in a traditional way but not my current taste. In both practical and aesthetic ways, I prefer a smooth plain plate. I do have a few pieces mixed in for when I run low on regular dishes.
CellarDweller:
This year my brother and sister-in-law hosted, and they decided to make things easy and catered from an Italian restaurant.
We had lasagna, meatballs, chicken franchise, sausage & peppers, cavatelli & broccoli, and garlic knots.
dessert was pecan pie, fruit tart, cookies, brownies and assorted goodies.
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