The Desert Sun

Here's how to properly polish fine silver antiques, bowls, tea sets

Once upon a time, sterling silver flatware and receptacles were de rigueur items for the upscale home. Tea sets were lovingly handed down from generation to generation and proudly displayed in the ...
Columbus Dispatch

Some silver sets still worth more than the meltdown value

Silver tea sets, vases, jewelry and other objects are sold at many jewelry stores and antiques shops for the meltdown value. Sterling silver has been about $21 an ounce, but midyear, it was down to ...
BBC

Ernest Shackleton's silver tea service to be sold

A silver tea service once owned by an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer is to go under the hammer for the first time. The set, originally owned by Sir Ernest Shackleton, will be offered at auction on 30 ...
inforum

Kovel: Collectible silver in good condition worth more than when melted down

Silver tea sets, vases, jewelry and other objects can be sold at many jewelry stores and antiques shops for the meltdown value. Sterling silver has been about $21 an ounce, but in mid-2015, it was ...