Antique Mall find, $8 Coffee Pot.
asheland
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Today I'm in this antique mall and find this very dark tarnished coffee pot on the floor in a booth, I pick it up and the tag reads "SP Coffee Pot $8.00" I turn it over to find these marks:
How could someone miss that? 
Talk about rushing to price your items! 
I plan to polish it up and keep it as it's in really nice condition under the tarnish.
Here was the results of weighing it:
Keep searching, this stuff is out there!
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How's THAT for tarnish, @ricko ?
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I think that deserves a YOU SUCK.
weigh it again after you remove the tarnish.
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Went picking today came up empty. Looks like you had the luck today. Nice pick.
nice score
Great pick-up. Any idea how old it is based on the style? I'm guessing from the art deco era.
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Wow... Great find... tarnish and all..... what a price!!! I need that kind of luck...
Cheers, RickO
What a score that is! Congrats!!!
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The British hallmarks on the bottom will tell you exactly how old it is.
Try this: 925-1000.com/british_marks.html
mbogoman
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is it actually a coffee pot though? For that matter what exactly is a coffee pot ? Or is it one of those double wall coffee carafe things like they leave at your table at IHOP ? The ones that look like they will hold 8 cups but only hold 2 1/4
I'm going to say it. You Suck!!!!
edited - ah I see that you've already been told. Congrats!
I knew it would happen.
Good Job! I find some silver items at the thrift shops (goodwill, second hand shops, savers and salvation army) but I've been finding less and less over the last few years.
Nice.
My guess is c.1930-50. It does have that look.
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Thanks everybody!
@bronco2078 From what I understand, the tall ones are coffee pots and the short one are the tea pots.
I polished it today, here's a new picture:
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Looks great all cleaned up! It makes me want to start accumulating some nice sterling pieces. It would be nice to actually display some silver instead of locking it away. Congrats again on a hell of a deal!!!
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Congrats on a great find
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Thanks everybody!
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Wow, great find!
Holy. Crap.
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How much you want for that coffee pot?
It appears to be Gorham's "Puritan" series, of which there are ample examples on eBay, some remarkably close to this example.
But I don't believe it is.
I think it's actually by another manufacturer: Wallace, and their "Late Colonial" pattern.
Wallace & Sons were founded in the mid-1800s and competed with Gorham. They were eventually bought out by Watson in the 1950s.
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It was made by Watson.
Unfortunately it's not for sale.
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Great score, Asheland!!!
Great grab, Terry!
If I were a bullion accumulator instead of a coin collector (and I'm not), in many ways I think I'd rather "stack" silver your way than in some boring bars.
Thanks guys!
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This thread has turned me into a maniac this week. I had Wednesday off with nothing much going on, so I went to Savers and thrift stores in the area. I must have looked like a madman flipping over all of the silver trays in the aisles. Came up with nothing.
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Great pickup. I love stories like this. Keeps the fire burning.
It's out there, you just gotta keep looking.
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Wow! Congrats! Now I'm thinking of hitting some spots this weekend..
Great job cleaning it up. Can I ask what u used or would recommend? Thanks.
@seebelow happy to help.
I've used Wright's silver cream for over 20 years and swear by it!
Happy hunting this weekend. If you score something, post it here!
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Sweet !!!
So, is there a "YOU SUCK AWARD" for the PM forum? This would certainly get my vote.
Cheers
Bob