Selling Sites

[mallyh]

has anyone on here used a site where you send old silver and costume jewellry etc 

[douglas9401]

Yup, Vintage Cash Cow, very easy to deal with and if you don't like their quote they send it all back to you.

[Barmaid]

I haven't ever used such sites, but I'd be wary of anything to do with silver.  Very often just the price by weight is given (it likely to be melted down), but the hallmarks are key.  A silver spoon with a rubbed or inconsequential hallmark is worth no more than it's weight per ounce - however, one with a good hallmark from a rarer assay office or a good maker can be worth quite a few quid!

[DDIL]

Yup I have also used vintage cash cow as well.  I am sure I could of got more for the silver if I had tried selling it at auction - but I don't have the time or inclination.

I got rid of loads of costume stuff, old cameras and cutlery.

[newmodarmy]

Tried it once foe some gold items on behalf of an elderly aunt. The price offered was dreadfully low ( about 10% of what I believe it was worth) but at the time I was too busy and she wanted to get rid and get some cash so we accepted the offer. With hindsight I should have said no and asked for it back or bought it of her for at least double what they offered.

 

[Buenchico]

Surprisingly good reviews . . .
https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/vintagecashcow.co.uk

[mallyh]

thankyou for your replies ,most of it is quite dirty ,it belonged to an old relative and has just been put away ,do you have to clean it all ?

[DDIL]

Nope just dump it in a box, I did however put the 'nice' stuff in a little cloth bag just so the earings etc wouldn't get lost

[mallyh]

thankyou x

[Barmaid]

I'd be cleaning the hallmarks to see if there are any decent makers!  A lot of sites work on the basis that people do not know what they have got.  I've just had a look on ebay at a spoon which weighs 84g.  On a £ per gram basis you are looking at around £62.  However, the spoon I looked at is by Hester Bateman (not a particularly fine maker, but v collectable) and the seller is asking £307 (bit overpriced in my view, but still).  Had the maker been, say Paul Storr, you could triple that.  You might be better going to a local auction house.  And no, you do not have to clean it.

[mallyh]

thankyou i have had it years and none of the family want it or would wear it i just want rid of it x

[Barmaid]

Drat!  Now this is costing money.  I had a quick look on one of the sites I use to try and give you some comparisons and found a rather nice item up for live auction tomorrow with quite a low reserve.  So now I may have to buy some more silver (and then deftly sneak it into the cabinet and look nonchalent when Mr BM says "Is that new?")