How Do I Find A Buyer For My Silver Flatware?
Selling your sterling silver flatware could hardly be easier, and there are a number of options. The time you place into finding a buyer will have much to do with the selling price. There are noneconomic considerations, as well. Flatware is often a family heirloom, so you will want to consider family feelings before selling it. Poll your family to find out if anyone would be willing to purchase the silverware, because it is often an heirloom and keeping it in the family might keep the family peace. It might be a little embarrassing to sell within the family, but no more so than selling an heirloom and then admitting that you have done so. Take the silverware to a pawn shop, but only if you are in a hurry for cash. A reputable dealer in new silverware, the Silver Superstore, notes that most pawn shops will give you $5 to $8 per troy ounce, which comes out to less than the scrap value of the metal. Pawn shops will let you sell for cash, or give you less in a loan. If you repay the loan,
