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7 oz of 999

tydyetydye Posts: 3,894 ✭✭✭
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My good friend in AZ picked this up this morning at a gun show. I think it is pretty cool. It weighs just over 7 oz.
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  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,760 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Gotta say, that is really cool. Must not be very big. Love the artwork!

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  • mkman123mkman123 Posts: 6,849 ✭✭✭✭
    really like it! You have art and precious metals, nice combo
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice piece... where was the gunshow?? Used to be a woman at the Puyallup, WA gunshow that had a great deal of Asian art in metals and jade.... Cheers, RickO
  • tydyetydye Posts: 3,894 ✭✭✭
    Ricko
    He lives in Mesa outside of Phoenix. It was a local show he said. So I assume close by. He purchased it from an older dealer/collector that was set-up. It was the only piece like it at this table. He purchased it for spot of the day.
  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,822 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I like my bullion to be as "standardized" as possible, but I must say that that piece is enough to push me into another direction. Hot diggety dog, that is a cool piece!image
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks tydye.... Cheers, RickO
  • Kd5ddoKd5ddo Posts: 208 ✭
    Very cool piece!
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  • mhammermanmhammerman Posts: 3,769 ✭✭✭
    Saw a guy selling a large, early Chinese silver tael, maybe 80 or so oz, at a big show for $300 and I passed, it's been about 10 years and I still regret not pulling the trigger. These artifacts have great value other than melt, if for nothing other than conversation and coolness. Very nice piece there ty.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,111 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Saw a guy selling a large, early Chinese silver tael, maybe 80 or so oz, at a big show for $300 and I passed, it's been about 10 years and I still regret not pulling the trigger. These artifacts have great value other than melt, if for nothing other than conversation and coolness. Very nice piece there ty. >>



    Are you sure it was real? You may have done the right thing. I wouldn't touch something like that from China without an expert that I trusted authenticating it first.

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  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice !!!
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  • IHC08IHC08 Posts: 100
    That's awsome!
  • tydyetydye Posts: 3,894 ✭✭✭
    I forwarded the thread to my friend. Here is another shot he sent me
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  • KUCHKUCH Posts: 1,186
    Boy oh boy, that sure makes my square bars rather boring!!!!
  • SoloSolo Posts: 226
    Hhhmmmm, does anyone know what the thumbs up stamp is from? I collect sterling and have seen a lot of stamps (there are literally thousands of them), but I've never seen a thumbs up. Than again, I probably know 2% of all there is to know in the world of sterling/silver craft so I'm not claiming to be an expert. Still it's quite unusual to see such a piece in .999 and not .925,.850, etc. It looks good in the pics, but seeing .999 makes me a bit nervous so I would discretely test it on the inside just to be sure. It looks like it's fairly new so it could certainly be .999.

    If any dealers reading this thread have oddball sterling like this, and you're 100% certain it's legit, bring it to the FUN show next month so I can buy it for melt image.
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