Antique Silver Plate Finds for the 4th Week of April 2024

Not every day I find some incredible pieces of silver plate this old, especially one with a patent! I guess that if coffee percolators weren't a thing, that divided tea pot would have become way more common and Simpson Hall & Miller Co would have been a top company, maybe keeping its name instead of getting renamed "International Silver Company," who knows? I did find an old advertising article in "Watchmaker and Jeweler Vol ,1" published in 1870, which shows the company dubbed this the "Perfection Tea Pot." Funny how I can't find any other existing pieces online. Maybe it's more rare than I thought at first, I might actually get it repaired then.
And I also found confusing but beautiful pieces by the same maker, which show conflicting motifs, both Greek and Egyptian, and also an incredibly rare silver soldered hotel piece by a very famous hotel. Cha-ching! All in all a fantastic week to close out April.

[@jamesdaigneault9582]

There absolutely is a market for vintage and antique silver cloth. Do not wash it, it will ruin it. Those being very ornate I’m sure someone would buy them. They usually don’t sell quick or often but they will sell. Very dependent on brand and condition. The very common cloth in very average or worse condition won’t sell for more than peanuts. When you get into good luxury brands and the pieces are in good condition with bold color they can sell for $15-$30 per piece sometimes. For some serious silver collectors they do want the appropriate matching silver cloth for their pieces. The most I got for one so far is $42. It was a large bag for a good size piece of holloware. I’ve found that estate sale runners and auction houses will just give it to you for free if you see some and ask. They always take the silver out to present it for sale and cast the stuff aside. I’ve gotten good quantities of it free on a few occasions just by asking. Even if not free they’ll give it to you for next to nothing. It’s good to have for you own collection but can also be flipped.

[@gmgssilverplate]

Bro! I found some Cartier cloths and threw them in my store, I didn't realize about washing them until recently, so I did wash some that I pulled out of flatware boxes. I won't do that again. Hopefully my Cartier cloths will give me a nice profit. I am selling 8 of them for 25 a piece.