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Weiss
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One of my favorite antique silver dealers, Wax Antiques in London, is moving to the famed "London Silver Vaults"--a huge underground marketplace for rare and antique silver objects first opened in 1885.
Wax is where I got this tankard by 18th century London silversmith Jacob Marsh. It's nearly 30 troy ounces and has a huge presence.
Browse through Wax's mouth-watering inventory, here:
http://www.waxantiques.com/latest-items
Lots of early spoons, @asheland
Say, didn't you do some cool wheeling and dealing this week?
We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
--Severian the Lame
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I went a little bit heavy. Dealer offered this all at .50 cents over so I splurged.
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@Weiss.... Beautiful silver tankard. I am still envious of one of those more traditional style tankards you got a couple of years ago.....still looking for one for my shelf. Cheers, RickO
Nice haul, Meltdown.
Love the tankard, Weiss!
I added a few more generic ounces this week. Nothing spectacular tho.
MY GOLD TYPE SET https://pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/complete-type-sets/gold-type-set-12-piece-circulation-strikes-1839-1933/publishedset/321940
Had a nice eBay score this week...
Even though I made out money wise, I was saddened to find it had been repaired.
Anyway, it still went to a good home and I made a few bucks.
Found in the silver plate section:
A George II mug, like one of Weiss’s,
Made by Henry Brind, London, 1750:
(400 grams of sterling)
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Latest addition to my pamp type set
That is cool, @NVU !
--Severian the Lame
This is no haul but a rather cool hunk of silver found detecting by a friend of mine in southern Indiana. A EFFIE C ZUNI ring
Recent purchases...
Fathers of Baseball 5 pc. complete Mint Set
Silver Producing Nations Complete Set nicely originally toned...
Gold Producing Nations Complete Set MEGA naturally toned...
Thanks @Weiss
Now I need to find the gold version for matching pair
I was in complete "awe" when I seen all of this! Very ,very, very beautiful collection.
This was the pin sample from a 450 oz lot of scrap. They thought it was all silver. It was bought that way at least. Sadly I cannot refine this size of lot in house I have to ship it out to our refiner.
No images of the lot just the assay. If all works out I should net 11.25ozt of gold extra.
Sadly its works and not mine. Although I might get a kick back for catching it.
I have his big brother! This came in the store front a few years ago and I had to have it. Not to add to the set!
I have the Japanese 20 gm ingot. Always wondered what the set looked like. Thanks.
Thanks shinywhite. I probably overpaid but it's what I had to do on these "had to have" Sets. The dealer said those gold and silver producing Set had not been opened in 25+ years. When I aksed him, what's those buried over there in the corner of the showcase and he opened them, we both about fell out of our chairs LOL
@CRH4LIFE...That ring is a heck of a find... signed pieces are really valuable...and nice work as well. Cheers, RickO
Incredible sets, Rich! Nice to see you posting again. Hope you have been well.
MY GOLD TYPE SET https://pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/complete-type-sets/gold-type-set-12-piece-circulation-strikes-1839-1933/publishedset/321940
Good to see you still here too. Just been working alot and active in a couple other groups. All is well. Thanks for asking.
I bought all 3 of them on the same day. The dealer was pulling stuff out he had buried for years and I wasn't about to stop him from doing so LOL, because it was one thing after another that was blowing me away. I stepped up and bought these 3 out of about 8-9 incredible assorted sets.