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Re: A Final Auction Item

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Most of yesterday's 14 auction wins were uninteresting - tools, the crest of my ancestral country, some antiques, crafting items my wife wanted, a large plastic toolbox, etc. One, though, was a total gamble. It was just a mess of ugly kitchen flatware, described as "Box Of Miscellaneous Silver Spoons Forks Knives Ladles." While there wasn't much bidding on it, the word "Silver" immediately had my attention. Is it really silver? If so, it's one or two POUNDS of silver (at $23/oz).

Others must have concluded it to be silver plate because they didn't bid it into the stratosphere as they otherwise would have.

The thing is, auction houses aren't supposed to call things "silver" if they aren't sure. They can get in trouble for that. And they're usually pretty good about it. I've therefore got my fingers crossed - though, truth be told, I don't know how I'll ever know if the unlabeled pieces are sterling silver, silver plate, or not silver at all.

A single sterling silver spoon is typically worth $30 - based on weight and sterling being defined as 92.5% silver - so I figured it was worth taking a chance at just $19 for the whole lot.





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Gold is $1,581/oz today. When it hits $2,000, it will be up 26.5%. Let's see how long that takes. - De 3/11/2013 - ANSWER: 7 Years, 5 Months


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Re: Rock Collection (2 of 2)
By: Decomposed
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Thu, 17 Aug 23 3:02 PM
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This lot - which I prefer over the previous one despite the lower price - was just $3. It's described by the auction house simply as "Herkimer." I know nothing about rocks, minerals and gems, and I don't know if that means ALL the pieces are herkimer diamond (a type of quartz) or not. For instance, the orange one in the center looks different from the others. They're all interesting.

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