PLEASE VOTE ON THIS AND MY OTHER GUIDES ON EBAY NOW, IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO HELP FELLOW EBAYER'S FROM BUYING THESE FAKE SILVER ITEMS!Recently there has been an upsurge and flooding of the Judaica markets on...
Also see my guide on FAKE SILVER YAD POINTERS. Recently there has been an upsurge and flooding of the Judaica markets on Ebay and Judaica shops all over Europe of certain types of silver Besamim holders. A...
This as some of the other silver judaica are fake based upon the reasons I have already mentioned in my other guides on Fake Judaica. First, what is a circumcision guard? Without getting into graphic details,...
One of the most abused terms on eBay is the term "Sterling". In the United States and Britain the term only means silver of 92.5% purity, no more and no less ever. Some sellers have called 800 Continental...
Alpaca Silver (Alpacca) refers to an alloy* that imitates sterling silver. This non-precious bright silvery-grey metal alloy is made up of copper, zinc and nickel and sometimes iron. Alpaca Silver does NOT...
Coin Silver may be one of the least understood and most misused terms in the world of antiques. On eBay it is often used to describe European silver or antique coins.In the antique world the term is used to...
Here in the United States, the number of patented flatware patterns grew substantially after the Civil War. This can be a general dating clue for the thousands of patterns you find in the antique marketplace....
see the Online Encyclopedia of Silver Marks, Hallmarks Maker's Marks As I see so many mistakes in listings of Dutch Silver I shortly explain Dutch Silvermarks 90 is often called a Hallmark or Sterling...