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Antique Mall find, $8 Coffee Pot.

ashelandasheland Posts: 24,420 ✭✭✭✭✭
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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? :D 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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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,420 ✭✭✭✭✭

    How's THAT for tarnish, @ricko ? :D

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    KollectorKingKollectorKing Posts: 4,820 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @asheland said:
    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? :D 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!

    I think that deserves a YOU SUCK.

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    BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 11,602 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Went picking today came up empty. Looks like you had the luck today. Nice pick.

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    zippcityzippcity Posts: 1,319 ✭✭✭✭

    nice score

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,509 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 10, 2017 4:00AM

    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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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow... Great find... tarnish and all..... what a price!!! I need that kind of luck... :) Cheers, RickO

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    Downtown1974Downtown1974 Posts: 7,189 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What a score that is! Congrats!!!

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    mbogomanmbogoman Posts: 5,316 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 10, 2017 9:59AM

    @PerryHall said:
    Great pick-up. Any idea how old it is based on the style? I'm guessing from the art deco era.

    The British hallmarks on the bottom will tell you exactly how old it is.

    Try this: 925-1000.com/british_marks.html

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    bronco2078bronco2078 Posts: 10,438 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 10, 2017 10:01AM

    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 ;)

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    jmski52jmski52 Posts: 23,956 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 10, 2017 10:47AM

    I'm going to say it. You Suck!!!! :)

    edited - ah I see that you've already been told. Congrats!

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    ShadyDaveShadyDave Posts: 2,217 ✭✭✭✭✭

    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.

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    goldengolden Posts: 10,451 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice.

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,420 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:
    Great pick-up. Any idea how old it is based on the style? I'm guessing from the art deco era.

    My guess is c.1930-50. It does have that look.

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    Downtown1974Downtown1974 Posts: 7,189 ✭✭✭✭✭

    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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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,156 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats on a great find :smile:

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,420 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks everybody! :)

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    bluelobsterbluelobster Posts: 1,223 ✭✭✭

    Wow, great find!

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    WeissWeiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Holy. Crap. :o

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,420 ✭✭✭✭✭

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    reddwingreddwing Posts: 137 ✭✭

    How much you want for that coffee pot?

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    WeissWeiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 16, 2017 9:28AM

    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.

    http://www.replacements.com/webquote/wtslac.htm

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,420 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It was made by Watson.

    Unfortunately it's not for sale.

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    CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great score, Asheland!!!

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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,020 ✭✭✭✭✭

    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.

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,420 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks guys! :)

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    Downtown1974Downtown1974 Posts: 7,189 ✭✭✭✭✭

    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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    hchcoinhchcoin Posts: 4,842 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great pickup. I love stories like this. Keeps the fire burning.

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,420 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's out there, you just gotta keep looking. :)

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    seebelowseebelow Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭

    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.

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,420 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @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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    Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sweet !!!

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    OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭

    So, is there a "YOU SUCK AWARD" for the PM forum? This would certainly get my vote.

    Cheers

    Bob

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