STERLING SILVER FLATWARE (134 PCS) - TOWLE, CANDLELIGHT

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Just in time for Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays! Celebrate the holidays with meals in elegance, the elegance of antique sterling silver flatware. Up for auction is this beautiful antique sterling silver set. The value in pure silver content alone makes owning the set a worthy investment. Take a look at the details of this beautiful pattern. The set comes with the antique wooden box shown in the pictures. Please note that I have stated a replacement cost for the set. This price is the price you would pay to purchase each piece at an item "replacement" store. T are several item replacement stores both off and online. Also stated is the inventory list of the items in the set, the size (length) of each piece and the total weight of the set in ounces, pounds and troy ounces, excluding the weight of the wooden case. Please do not hesitate to contact me through Ebay if t is anything more that you would like to know about the set or about sterling silver in general. Below is a Q&A section which should answer most of your questions. Good luck on your bids. Item Size (inches) Qty Fork 7 & 1/4 12 Salad Fork 6 & 3/8 11 Teaspoon 6 31 Round Soup Spoon 6 & 1/4 9 Dessert/Oval Soup Spoon 6 & 7/8 8 Iced Tea Spoon 8 & 1/8 12 Cocktail/Seafood Fork 5 & 3/4 13 Flat Handle Butter Spreader 5 & 7/8 12 New French Hollow Knife 8 & 3/4 11 New French Hollow Knife 8 & 1/2 2 Sugar Spoon 5 & 7/8 2 Serving Spoon 8 & 1/2 4 Cold Meat Serving Fork 7 & 7/8 2 Tomato Serving Spoon 7 & 1/2 1 Steak Carving Fork with Stainless Blade 8 & 1/2 1 Carving Knife with Stainless Blade 9 & 1/2 1 Gravy Ladle 6 & 3/4 1 Flat Handle Master Butter Knife 6 & 3/4 1 Total Pieces = 134 Replacement Cost: $4008.02 Weight (not including wooden case): 147.72 oz (9.23 lbs); 134.64 troy oz Q & A Question 1: What is the composition of sterling silver? Answer 1: Sterling Silver contains at least 92.5% silver. The most common sterling alloy is 92.5% silver and 7.5% copper. Fine silver, sometimes stamped .999, is 99.9% pure silver, which means it is softer and more malleable than sterling silver. Because pure silver is so malleable, it generally was not used to manufacture flatware. Question 2 : How do I estimate the value of the silver in my set? Answer 2: Silver prices continue to fluctuate between $12 and $14 per troy ounce, but with the heavy industrial demand for silver from China and India , commodity experts expect to see the prices of silver skyrocket. Fifteen dollar silver and higher is not far in the horizon. This demand makes your sterling silver set that much more valuable. Question 3: What is a hollow handle item? Answer 3: Generally, place and dinner knives have "hollow" sterling silver handles. Because sterling silver is a malleable metal which is too malleable to withstand the use as knife blades, knife blades were manufactured in stainless steel. Only in very rare cases can you find a sterling silver sets with sterling silver blades. The handles were manufactured in sterling silver hollowed out to retain an extension of the stainless steel blade. The hollow handles in sterling silver sets were actually filled with paraffin, a wax that was melted into the handle to ad the stainless steel blade to the handle. Question 4: Can I find pieces for my set to replace lost or damaged pieces or to supplement the set with additional pieces? Answer 4: T are many stores on-line that sell replacement items for your set. Some stores may not immediately have an item in stock but if you order an item, these stores will track and inform you when they receive the item. No guarantees can be made that... read more

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