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Happy Hello = My grandparents lived one (1) block from this C.S. Bell Foundry. Our grandfather worked there for years. I visited often with my Father when I was a young child = took grandpa his lunch on Saturdays and our Father loved watching the work. Scary to me when they opened the doors to the huge furnaces to shovel in loads of coke (not the drink). This very old foundry was hot and smelly to me; but I grew to love it. A family owner gave me an old ribbon from late 1800's and catalog book and even an 1880s large farm type bell. Yes, I still have all of the items and they are about only things we are not selling. The bell stays inside my home.
I am very interested and sent you an email, incase it went to the spam box or something, my email is alaskabullion@gmail.com. Shoot me an email and we can talk price.
anyone?
Unforunately the market for silverplate items, especially in this condition, is weak at best. There are many similar tea sets and articles by Britannia that you can see on ebay in good condition for meager prices. There is a 6 piece set in beautiful condition listed for about three hundred, and a few individual items listed from 20-40$.
In the condition yours are in, I would think 75-150$ for the set is realistic if put up for auction after a good long polish.
ok well i got a needle red hot and yes it left a little hole, but it smelled like burnt hair.
This appears to be a resin cast item by the coloration and lack of texture. A sure way to test this is to heat up a pin with a lighter and stick it in the underside of the work in a discreet place. If the hot pin melts the material and you smell an odd odor, it is most definately resin. If it is bone the red hot pin won't penetrate.
Let us know what you find.
I had seen the pictures you posted on the request for an appraisal. The particular model you posted was recently on ebay, but missing a few small parts, and did not get any bids at 50$. I would say yours is worth between 50-100$ if you put it up for auction.
This appears to be a print, this image is notorious for having prints turn up at auction. They rarely fetch more than 10 or 20$, more of a thrift store type item.
http://www.icollector.com/Boy-Kissing-Girl-by-Margaret-Kane_i9340366
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Generally when you get that error it means your images are too large for the form to upload. resize your images and try again.
With pieces like this one really has to call in an expert. There are a lot of fake horns around or ones that are genuine, but have had extra decoration added to fraudulently increase their value. For a general idea of values for powder horns , here's a link for you.
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/search?q=powder+horn&hasimage=true&dtype=...
A lot of these middle eastern pieces are silvered over brass or copper, as another poster has said you'll need to have it tested to determine the silver content. Quite often with pieces like these that look more like artifacts than antiques, you really need the services of a specialist appraiser in Middle Eastern metalware to determine what you have.
Nobody can tell you much without an image. Most companies that made scales produced models for several different purposes, which can only be determined by detailed images.
Well, if it was over a week ago it's probably on about page 10, items posted up for appraisals only remain on the first page for a day or so. if you don't get an answer within two day , just repost it, it's free and only takes a few minutes to do so.
I agree, the market is flooded with plates silverware at this point, everyone dumping Mom's and Grandma's silver at auction all at once ;~)
A plated set like this is worth a few hundred dollars on a great day. Alex, please don't hand out advice unless you know- and you are extremely new to to this.
Can't determine anything without some quality pictures. Take some and send them to alaskabullion@gmail.com and I'll let you know what you have.
-Nick
Try to resize them to a medium or small - I think the max upload size is 2MB. I had to resize my last pictures as they were 4-6MB.
test it with a silver tester. This will prove if it is silver or not.
if all those are were silver and 45 pounds easly 22,000 dollars!
You have allot of silver and could be worth the silver weight, which could be allot of money if you save it and don't sell it. maybe $200?
Hi there,
I have the exact same set. Did you get any feedback as to what it is worth please.
I'm currently involved in an excavation in Washington state at a site likely dating from 1900-1930 & I came across a similar bottle. Mine was machine made. I can't tell what the seam looks like on yours, but mine also reads 24-S-B, in a off centered circle on the base. It's about 3 inches tall. I'm trying to figure out where it was made. Do you have any additional information? What region did you find yours in ? You can reach me most easily at gypsydonovan@yahoo.com