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  • DisneyFanDisneyFan Posts: 2,064 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JBK said:

    @Halfpence said:
    Years ago, I purchased 24 Stirling silver goblets for $35 at an estate sale. I wasn't positive that they were genuine, but took the chance. They are presently worth over $5k. Should I have returned them?!

    If they were in fact "Stirling" then I'm not sure how well you did. :p

    If they were "Sterling" then you did great.

    Estate sale + Uncertainty = congratulations on your purchase.

    Roughly $1.50 per goblet? Or did you mean $35 each which sounds about right back in the day.

    I remember when house sale people thought sterling was a brand name or had some reference to British Sterling

  • baseballjeffbaseballjeff Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭

    @JBK said:

    @Halfpence said:
    Years ago, I purchased 24 Stirling silver goblets for $35 at an estate sale. I wasn't positive that they were genuine, but took the chance. They are presently worth over $5k. Should I have returned them?

    If they were in fact "Stirling" then I'm not sure how well you did. :p

    If they were "Sterling" then you did great.

    Estate sale + Uncertainty = congratulations on your purchase.

    Are Stirling silver goblets worth much? I have a handful of them, and would love to know the approximate value of them! Would you be willing to message me and I could send you some pictures?

    Thank you!
    Jeff

  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,580 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 15, 2024 2:26PM

    @baseballjeff said:

    @JBK said:

    @Halfpence said:
    Years ago, I purchased 24 Stirling silver goblets for $35 at an estate sale. I wasn't positive that they were genuine, but took the chance. They are presently worth over $5k. Should I have returned them?

    If they were in fact "Stirling" then I'm not sure how well you did. :p

    If they were "Sterling" then you did great.

    Estate sale + Uncertainty = congratulations on your purchase.

    Are Stirling silver goblets worth much? I have a handful of them, and would love to know the approximate value of them! Would you be willing to message me and I could send you some pictures?

    Thank you!
    Jeff

    Unless it's a new invention, there's no such thing as "Stirling silver". There is, however, Sterling silver. ;)

    As for value, unless you want to sell them for scrap, there is no generic valuation. Are they 18th century English silver? 20th century American silver? Too many variables....

  • HalfpenceHalfpence Posts: 455 ✭✭✭✭

    Roughly $1.50 per goblet? Or did you mean $35 each which sounds about right back in the day.

    $35 for the whole lot. This was about 7 years ago.

  • HalfpenceHalfpence Posts: 455 ✭✭✭✭
    edited August 16, 2024 7:36AM

    Are Stirling silver goblets worth much? I have a handful of them, and would love to know the approximate value of them! Would you be willing to message me and I could send you some pictures?

    Thank you!
    Jeff

    “Stirling” was just a typo, which I’m fairly certain I’ll pay for in many more posts. Sterling silver is 92.5% fine, so it is worth that proportion of silver spot price per ounce.

  • JWPJWP Posts: 22,236 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I would point it out to the dealer and if he didn't care about it, I would buy it. If it was an oversight by the dealer, I would feel better that i had pointed it out.

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  • DisneyFanDisneyFan Posts: 2,064 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Halfpence said:

    Roughly $1.50 per goblet? Or did you mean $35 each which sounds about right back in the day.

    $35 for the whole lot. This was about 7 years ago.

    @Halfpence said:

    Roughly $1.50 per goblet? Or did you mean $35 each which sounds about right back in the day.

    $35 for the whole lot. This was about 7 years ago.

    That was the deal of the CENTURY!!! And they were marked Sterling? Maker?

  • PeakRaritiesPeakRarities Posts: 3,700 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:

    @alaura22 said:

    @PerryHall said:
    I would have told the dealer so he could go back to the person that he bought if from and pay them more money for his coin.

    Perryhall
    You owe me cleaning expences, after reading your reply I spit up my coffee all over............. :o

    Hopefully it was obvious to everyone that I was being facetious. :D
    Remember that no matter how underpriced a dealer's ask price for a coin may be, he paid less than that when he bought it.

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  • VeepVeep Posts: 1,424 ✭✭✭✭

    At an estate sale, there was stack of modern commem dollars priced at a couple of dollars below melt. I grabbed them up and then told the seller about the sets with $5 gold pieces in them that were priced the same as the silver. When he got his jaw up off the floor, he was very thankful for the info— so was the family member who overheard the conversation. (By the way, I’m a dealer.)

    "Let me tell ya Bud, you can buy junk anytime!"
  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 34,216 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Veep said:
    At an estate sale, there was stack of modern commem dollars priced at a couple of dollars below melt. I grabbed them up and then told the seller about the sets with $5 gold pieces in them that were priced the same as the silver. When he got his jaw up off the floor, he was very thankful for the info— so was the family member who overheard the conversation. (By the way, I’m a dealer.)

    Good on you, sir.

    May karma shine upon you!

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