First day of good garage saleing this year

[iceman0xh]

First few yard sales were a bust. Finally found some jewelry at one and scored a small sterling ring for $1. Went to a few more with nothing and the stumbled upon a bizarre sale. An old collector had passed on and the family was selling off her stuff. Most of it was $250-$5000 price range, I was about to leave and spotted the knife pictured below for $20. The girl running the show said that the handle was sterling and had been appraised at about $25. I bought it in shock at the appraisal. the handle is 5 inches long and solid, the blade is 9 inches. I did some more research and its 1890s Towle Sterling (marked with the Towle mark and sterling). How much you think it could be worth? I figured atleast $100 due to a 2-3 ounce silver handle.

 

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[creeper71]

I need to see a better pic, but I am willing to bet that isn't soild sterling handle

 

[iceman0xh]

what kind of pics do you need to see to believe it. I know the blade has its tang encased in the handle but the handle seems to be one solid piece and that it what is marked

 

[Rodbuster209]

Here the scrap buyer that everyone sells too, has a formula that he uses for knives, because the blade and tang most of the time are not sterling. Nice find and good luck...............Scott.

 

[iceman0xh]

Ya its definatly just the handle that is sterling. Would love to know that formula if you could find it out

 

[creeper71]

Ya its definatly just the handle that is sterling. Would love to know that formula if you could find it out

99 to 1 that handle is hollowware meaning there is filler in that handle an it isn't solid sterling the whole way thru.... it is very thin piece of sterling wrapped around a filler type material

 

[trdhrdr007]

I agree with creeper71, it's sterling wrapped around either a plaster or resin type material. It's an older piece so there is probably between 1/3 & 1/2 an ounce of sterling.

 

[iceman0xh]

I searched through a bunch of patterns this morning and found my Knife on replacements.com, it is the Paul Revere pattern and the carving knife set goes for $300 and doesnt state holloware like some of the other products so I figure split the 3 piece sets price and I should get $100 or so

 

[creeper71]

I searched through a bunch of patterns this morning and found my Knife on replacements.com, it is the Paul Revere pattern and the carving knife set goes for $300 and doesnt state holloware like some of the other products so I figure split the 3 piece sets price and I should get $100 or so

Replacement prices are way over priced... Ebay s more current.. make sure you use completed as your guide an anything that is in green... I am telling you that handle ISN'T SOILD WHOLE WAY THRU.... I seen enough to know...

 

[famous turtle treasures]

Unless you get lucky, MOST of the time you are not going to get close to replacement.com prices on ebay. I personally shoot for 40-60% of their prices and end up selling most of my items. I have personally never seen a solid sterling silver knife handle, but thats not saying much so hopefully your is.