SILVER PLATED TRAY

[Citiboy289]

Neighbor offered us a SILVER PLATED MARKED TRAY , LARGE must weigh 10 lbs , Have no idea if it has any value or what I should offer him for it Does plate have any value ?

 

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[drbecker]

Can be sold as scrap most scrap yards will pay brass prices for silver plate. I would only offer a couple bucks for it myself.

 

[Citiboy289]

Thanks for the information Becker

 

[billjustbill]

I bought a large lazy susan silver plated platter, but it was in awful shape showing copper though the badly worn places and marked $5. It was heavy and with a couple of leather straps added to the back side, one could have used it for a riot shield.... Oddly, its base was magnetic and had enough ball bearings to fill an 8" diameter trough and all held together with one large threaded stud and acorn nut. I took it apart and the curved eight sided platter weighed over 6lbs... I saw it stamped "silver over copper". It went to the scrapyard and brought me a tad over $16.00.

Sometimes I've put the heavier and pretty pieces through one or two of my own garage sales with a price above what scrap would bring.... I do this with solid brass or solid copper items, too. Some sold, some didn't. Decide what it means to you and then scrape a place on the bottom to see if the base metal is brass (about $1.80/lb) or #2 copper (about $2.70/lb).

I'd bet if you bought it right, you can double or triple your investment either way you go.

 

[Citiboy289]

Well we traded for an old mower we had in the garage so no $ loss There is the exact same one on Ebay for a Buy it now of 150 , Might puut it there for a bid or just use it to keep under potted plants It takes up less room than a 12 year old mower LOL