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cleonard Posts: 1 Registered: Jul 2001	posted 07-24-2001 11:49 PM I have a Coffee/Tea service that includes a creamer & covered sugar marked Wilcox International Silver Co. "New Beverly Manor" #1304 and #1303 ... The tea and coffee pot are marked Wilcox International Silver Co. "Beverly Manor" and do not have a number stamp. I was wondering if someone might be able to help me in valuing this IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 07-25-2001 07:37 AM On the Silver Salon Forums we do not provide valuations. A simple way to get an idea of the value of your silver is to watch eBay for the next year and see what several similar items sell for. Or you could secure the services of a professional appraiser. To request information about an professional appraiser in your area, go to here. The following is from this link: quote: 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. IP: Logged
Ulysses Dietz Moderator Posts: 1265 Registered: May 99	posted 07-25-2001 08:59 AM Just letting the curator weigh in here. Although museum staff are not allowed to give monetary values, there are general comments we can make. First, plated silver is generally speaking far less valuable than sterling or coin. However, the value of plated silver (as with sterling, for that matter) is largely based on its aesthetic appeal (for plate, the flashier the better, since their greatest designs tend to be high-blown Victorian) and their condition. The exception to the "flashy" aspect of plated ware is the art deco style, 1920s-30s, when great plated wares were made by high-style modern designers--these things are often valuable regardless of the fact they are plated--but condition is an important factor here. The Sam Wagstaff sale many years ago at Christie's set a benchmark for plated goods, and this because it was a collection of remarkable diversity and inventiveness of form. IP: Logged

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