How to tell Sterling Silver from Silver Plate and their values

Jason will shows examples of sterling silver, weighted silver and silver plate and talk about their values.

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  • @FranciscoRodriguez-be6ik
    @FranciscoRodriguez-be6ik2 жыл бұрын

    Much obliged for the most precious treasure of all. Knowledge!

  • @tuxtiques

    @tuxtiques

    2 жыл бұрын

    Your welcome and thank you for watching Francisco.

  • @AggresivelyBenign
    @AggresivelyBenign Жыл бұрын

    This is a such an informative video! I could listen all day. Thank you for sharing what you’ve learned.

  • @tuxtiques

    @tuxtiques

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much Sherrie!

  • @BrettandSomeBooks
    @BrettandSomeBooks2 жыл бұрын

    Really easy to follow and very informative. Thanks for the detailed comparisons.

  • @tuxtiques

    @tuxtiques

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching and commenting!

  • @morobrany
    @morobrany Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! I just got a silver toast rack at a thrift shop for $3 but after polishing it up and looking up the marks, I find that it's solid sterling. Hadn't known about the lion passant, but that's what it has on the bottom.

  • @tuxtiques

    @tuxtiques

    Жыл бұрын

    That's awesome Kevin! There are spurious marks out there, but often times English hallmarks are overlooked at thrift stores.

  • @morobrany

    @morobrany

    Жыл бұрын

    I doubt it's spurious because it polished up perfectly. Looking up the hallmark and dates, it's James Dixon and Sons made in Sheffield in 1897.

  • @tuxtiques

    @tuxtiques

    Жыл бұрын

    @@morobrany CONGRATULATIONS! I love a good thrift score! :)

  • @jmd2123
    @jmd21232 жыл бұрын

    Everything I needed to know, thank you so much

  • @tuxtiques

    @tuxtiques

    Жыл бұрын

    You are welcome and thank you for watching!

  • @wandaelliott4212
    @wandaelliott421211 ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your knowledge of silver. Very nice.

  • @tuxtiques

    @tuxtiques

    11 ай бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @sparkleeverafterwithgina5540
    @sparkleeverafterwithgina55406 күн бұрын

    Hi Jason. Thanks for all the info! Just a comment about showing details on your items. If you hold them in front of your face, sometimes with your hand behind the piece, it will focus on the piece. Otherwise, the camera is trying to focus on your face, especially if you're holding the piece to the side. Just my 2 cents, (from the daughter of a photographer) :) Thanks, again, for sharing your knowledge!

  • @tuxtiques

    @tuxtiques

    6 күн бұрын

    Thanks! We all know a lot more now then we did when I filmed this. :)

  • @juancarlos3348
    @juancarlos3348 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. Informative.

  • @tuxtiques

    @tuxtiques

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watchin Juan!

  • @user-jn2gf9or9q
    @user-jn2gf9or9q4 ай бұрын

    Really enjoyed this video thanks for posting I Learned alot.

  • @tuxtiques

    @tuxtiques

    4 ай бұрын

    You're welcome.

  • @theabsolutetruth2024
    @theabsolutetruth2024 Жыл бұрын

    Great video. Thank you.

  • @tuxtiques

    @tuxtiques

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching and commenting!

  • @peggyqbkg9705
    @peggyqbkg97052 жыл бұрын

    Great information but would be much more helpful if you would add clear close-ups of the marks themselves? Thanks!

  • @behindthegavelwithjason1591

    @behindthegavelwithjason1591

    2 жыл бұрын

    I wish I knew how to add pics to my videos.

  • @tuxtiques

    @tuxtiques

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Peggy, I wish I knew how to do that but these pieces were sold years ago. :)

  • @13nlsc
    @13nlsc10 ай бұрын

    Great teaching.

  • @tuxtiques

    @tuxtiques

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @mr.k905
    @mr.k9053 ай бұрын

    Please upload in best quality, it's not the 90s anymore. Thanks!

  • @tuxtiques

    @tuxtiques

    3 ай бұрын

    Thanks. This video is 6 years old though. :)

  • @mr.k905

    @mr.k905

    3 ай бұрын

    @@tuxtiques So it’s from 2018 ; ) Cheers! …Sorry, really didn’t mean to be rude or anything, I’m just trying to get some more quality back in our every-days.

  • @frontdoor6214
    @frontdoor6214 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much for being so informative! I have gotten some Halls Silverplates, they look to be silver, and on the back engraved Halls SILVERPLATE. You know anything in regards to Halls brands and plates?

  • @tuxtiques

    @tuxtiques

    Жыл бұрын

    Halls is a local to Kansas City retailer that has carried nice inventory for decades. Since they are marked SILVERPLATE, they are definitely silver plate.

  • @johnrhoades6214
    @johnrhoades62142 жыл бұрын

    How did you know that I was watching that's crazy thank you how are you today

  • @cherylsavage6178
    @cherylsavage6178 Жыл бұрын

    I love silver too

  • @tuxtiques

    @tuxtiques

    Жыл бұрын

    silver is just a nice thing!

  • @karenabrams8986
    @karenabrams89863 жыл бұрын

    I’m brand new to collecting. This was very interesting with regards to trying to spot real stuff. I’ve been switching to silver plate wine glasses from glass. I don’t care about matching, I care that they don’t break and are safe to use for drinking wine. I love the engraved wedding cups with couples names on them the most. My favorite right now is a long goblet with “Chris & Vickie 1976 engraved on it. I didn’t know replating was a thing. That sounds great. These things have turned out to be fun, easy to find in thrift stores and antique stores and they’re not expensive to collect.

  • @tuxtiques

    @tuxtiques

    2 жыл бұрын

    Collecting silver plate is a great way to get started!

  • @trinidadromanillos8766
    @trinidadromanillos87662 жыл бұрын

    I have a New port Gorham Silver plate yb 712

  • @jonathangiasson1256
    @jonathangiasson12566 ай бұрын

    I've got several pieces like the cups / set you had in the beginning they say wallace sterling 236, all im trying to figure out is the 236

  • @tuxtiques

    @tuxtiques

    5 ай бұрын

    Generally, numbers like that refer to a shape or specific piece. Like an inventory number.

  • @anthonycalabro9269
    @anthonycalabro926911 ай бұрын

    I have a set of candle sticks and I don't know what the hallmarks stand for. If i got a photo to you would you have any idea of its origin.

  • @tuxtiques

    @tuxtiques

    11 ай бұрын

    Yes. Our email is info@kcauctioncompany.com

  • @kevonoff
    @kevonoff Жыл бұрын

    You're a f'nf boss man

  • @tuxtiques

    @tuxtiques

    Жыл бұрын

    thanks!

  • @RalphSampson...
    @RalphSampson... Жыл бұрын

    I have a silver plate set that had belonged to my mother. One leg on the tray broke off. How is it repaired?

  • @tuxtiques

    @tuxtiques

    Жыл бұрын

    Most cities have a company that specializes in replating, metal work, etc. Here in Kansas City, there is Hile's and Acme Brass. They both do good work.

  • @RalphSampson...

    @RalphSampson...

    Жыл бұрын

    @@tuxtiques Thanks. I called a shop in Atlanta...Buckhead Plating. They are two weeks out. I'm in no hurry. It's a sentimental piece, anyway. I'll give it to my daughter someday.

  • @tuxtiques

    @tuxtiques

    Жыл бұрын

    @@RalphSampson... I'm glad you found someone who can fix it.

  • @matthewbyrns-sp8lb
    @matthewbyrns-sp8lb8 ай бұрын

    have large amount of sterling objects, cannot stop buying, am i wrong

  • @shirleygambino973
    @shirleygambino9733 ай бұрын

    I have silverware with n s o e p n s on the back is it worth anything

  • @tuxtiques

    @tuxtiques

    3 ай бұрын

    Hi Shirley, I'm not sure what the NSO means, but the EPNS stands for Electro-Plated Nickel Silver meaning that your pieces are silver plate. The value that they would have is based solely on the popularity of the maker and pattern.

  • @pheart2381
    @pheart2381 Жыл бұрын

    I can feel with my fingers whether its plate or not even through tarnish. Ive picked up silver items in thrift shops that way because often the staff cant tell. Before the modern era in the uk a piece of silver would actually have a tiny bit scraped off for testing,gold and silver. So that can be something to look for in an inconspicuous area.

  • @tuxtiques

    @tuxtiques

    9 ай бұрын

    I've never heard of anyone being able to feel a difference. I'll have to try that out!

  • @pheart2381

    @pheart2381

    9 ай бұрын

    @@tuxtiques plate always feels a bit gritty to me. Gold and silver feel creamy or buttery. I cant describe it any better than that.

  • @tuxtiques

    @tuxtiques

    9 ай бұрын

    @@pheart2381 I'll definitely think about this next time I'm looking at both.

  • @kofimims7951
    @kofimims7951 Жыл бұрын

    I need silver to buy please help me get some

  • @Lic.en.derecho

    @Lic.en.derecho

    Жыл бұрын

    i go to mexican swapmeets and have silver plated items aat the moment, if u want pics let me know...i can get u some more since i go to places where i find often...i have had many pass me by but no one to sell them to

  • @matthewbyrns-sp8lb
    @matthewbyrns-sp8lb8 ай бұрын

    alot of my weighted , i strip

  • @mrtrapper93
    @mrtrapper937 ай бұрын

    Nickel silver has NO silver in it at all, it is all nickel, it is only silver looking. Silver plated, at least has some silver in it!

  • @seanoconnor1478
    @seanoconnor1478 Жыл бұрын

    Silver dollars are not a troy ounce of silver..🤓

  • @tuxtiques

    @tuxtiques

    Жыл бұрын

    that's true. Sometimes my mouth works faster than my brain. 😆