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Rhea
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iconnumber posted 06-11-2001 04:40 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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I recently acquired a matched set of 6 sterling silver teaspoons in their original box. The maker is F. BUCHER. The top/inside of the satin lined box has F. BUCHER BALTIMORE.

Does anyone have any information about the maker and what the age of this lovely set is?

They are monogrammed with "JBR".

Any info would be helpful.
Thanks

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June Martin
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iconnumber posted 06-11-2001 05:36 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for June Martin     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Rainwater's Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers lists a Fred Bucher operating in Baltimore between 1877 and 1879. Can you post a photo of the spoons so we can get a look at the pattern and any marks on the spoons?

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iconnumber posted 06-12-2001 05:37 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks for the info about my F. Bucher spoons. Here is photo of the spoon/patten. The marks on the back are simply "Sterling" and F.Bucher.
Thanks again for your help.
Rhea

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iconnumber posted 06-13-2001 10:54 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Scott Martin     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Rhea,

I believe that your spoons were sold by F. Bucher as the retailer. It was a common security and marketing practice for retailers to put their name on their inventory. Another marketing practice was to have a presentation box with the retailers name marked on it.

The pattern is called Lily Engraved or sometimes Antique and was made by many silver manufacturers such as Joseph Seymour, Frank M. Whiting, Whiting Manufacturing Co. and others. I have even seen the pattern in silverplate.

The pattern began appearing in the mid 1880's. The best way to determine a date would be to check the Baltimore historical business directories to see when F. Bucher was in business.

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iconnumber posted 06-13-2001 12:07 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Bahila     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thank you June & Scott for your valuable information.

Quick question, since I have a matched set of 6 spoons and they are in their original presentation box what kind of value would you put on them? I paid $xx.00 for them (which I know was wonderful deal). A ballpark estimation would be great.

Again thank you!
Rhea

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iconnumber posted 06-13-2001 01:03 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Scott Martin     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
It sounds like you may have gotten a very good deal. On these forums we do not give valuations. To request information about an professional appraiser in your area, go to here. The following is from this link:
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Appraisals

Ask 10 people on the street what an appraisal is and how an appraisal is done and you will get 10 very different answers. The common thread heard is that an appraisal tells you "what it is worth" and is usually obtained by "asking/calling a dealer." In the simplest of terms this is generally correct. However, please don't contact us or any professional appraiser requesting a phone or email appraisal because if you need the appraisal for legal, tax, business, insurance, replacement, damage, loss, charitable gift, gift, estate, equitable distribution and/or other professional reasons a phone or an email appraisal will prove to be very inadequate.

A professional appraiser cannot appraise your silver without personally inspecting it. Please don't waste your time asking for an appraisal based solely on your description or photographs. When you deal with a trained professional appraiser, one who belongs to one of the personal property appraisal associations (AAA, ASA, ISA), you will receive a documented comparative analysis as a written appraisal. A professionally written appraisal comes at the conclusion of a series of very specific and uniform steps which include: personal inspection, research, documentation and a comparative market study. A professionally written appraisal will conform to a standard called USPAP or Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. Your appraisal when done properly can take a considerable amount of time so be prepared to compensate the professional appraiser accordingly. Also be sure that the appraiser specializes in the types of items being appraised.

When you ask for and get a verbal or a "seat of the pants" (or Internet) written opinion this is not an appraisal, it is only a guesstimate. When asking a dealer for their opinion, remember they have to balance what they tell you. The dealers guesstimate usually falls somewhere between what they would buy it from you for, what they would sell it to you for and what they think will make you happy. This is not an objective opinion and so the declared value could be way off either way.


To find an appraiser in your area click here.

A simple way to get an idea is to watch eBay for the next year and see what several similar items sell for.

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iconnumber posted 04-08-2008 02:19 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for bascall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Picking up on an old thread and just because this retailer's name could come up again, here's a little about an F Bucher. There was a late 19th century and early twentieth century goldsmith/jeweler in Baltimore, MD named Frederick Bucher. He is also listed by one site as Frederick Bucher & Sons, Baltimore, MD circa 1905 to 1910.

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