@Kachina624 wrote:
@gertrudecloset Jewelry is never made of the pure silver that would be in an ingot as it would be too soft. However, sterling is often sold as scrap so I can't imagine why you couldn't sell yours. You must have picked the wrong place. Artisan Crafted and sterling use the same metal, the Artisan Crafted usually being a one-of-a-kind hand-made piece. Sterling could be hand made or factory manufactured, even flatware.
@Kachina624Yes, the jewelry store told me this. I had already sold a lot of gold pieces. Didn't want to sell it all. I still have the very very hefty san marco sterling silver necklace and bracelet. I stopped wearing the necklace because it wouldn't lay flat. It also closed with a magnet and it would come falling right off. So I thought, maybe I made a mistake in buying it. I couldn't return it and had it for some time when I wanted to rid myself of it. Oh yeah. I thought I'd get at least $200 because the gram weight of the silver necklace alone was very very weighty. I still have it. Needs to be cleaned good though.
Sounds like they just didn't want to bother with Silver. This was a jeweller in my mall! LOL. I am familiar with fine silverware for serving. My aunties had some. Come to think of it I don't know whatever happened to theirs.
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