Silver
Silver is a white, lustrous material, and the most conductive of any metal in the table of elements. Due of its beauty, malleability, and shine, silver has long been mined, refined and traded around the world for use in the minting of coins, the making of jewelry, and especially on account of silver’s antiseptic properties, in the production of utensils for eating and drinking.
The purity of antique silver ranges greatly according to the era and country where it was made; often considered as good as currency itself, silver standards are strictly measured and usually documented by accompanying marks. Coin silver, referring to the ancient standard used for coinage, is composed of almost 90% pure silver and for that reason is not particularly durable. Russian silver is by contrast much firmer at 84% and typically bears the mark 84, the remainder of the alloy being comprised of copper. In Britain and the United States, the standard fineness is traditionally 925 parts per thousand, resulting in an alloy commonly referred to as ‘Sterling’ or ‘Her Majesty’s’, or simply ‘solid’ silver.
An essential tool for discovering and researching silver at auction, the Silver Collector's Guide is a resource designed to help collectors learn more about silver values, historical prices, view images, as well as providing the opportunity bid on silver on the market today in live auctions. Find information about antique silver, images for each group of collectibles, lots upcoming at live auctions, and prices realized for lots previously sold at auctions. Find that silver kovsh you've always been on the lookout for! Navigate among the silver collections featuring Tiffany & Co., Towle, Georg Jensen, and much more!
- Alvin
- Arthur Stone
- Aucoc
- Ball, Black & Co.
- Bateman
- Birks
- Boin-Taburet
- Boulenger
- Cardheilac
- Casa Prieto
- Chambly
- Charles Thomas Fox
- Chinese Export Silver
- Christofle
- Coignet
- Cordonnier & Grandvigne
- David-Andersen
- Dominick & Haff
- Dragsted
- Durgin
- Elkington
- Ercuis
- Georg Jensen
- George Unite
- George Webster
- Henry John Lias
- Hunt & Roskell
- James Dixon
- Kalo Shop
- Kirk
- Lebolt
- Liberty & Co.
- Linzeler
- Lunt
- Mappin & Webb
- Neresheimer
- Odiot
- Omar Ramsden
- Oneida
- Orlando Jackson
- Porter Blanchard
- Reed & Barton
- Sanborns
- Schultz
- Sheffield Plate
- Shiebler
- Shreve, Crump & Low
- Spratling
- Stieff
- Tetard
- Thomas Jenkins
- Tiffany
- Towle
- Unger
- Walker & Hall
- Wallace
- Westmoreland
- Whiting
- William Comyns
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