Beautiful to behold and exciting to collect, sterling silver flatware not only is prized for its pristine designs and characterized as a popular familial heirloom, with today?s robust metals market it holds the potential for profit. With all these interests at work it not only pays to have access to up-to-date pricing for 15,000 varying pieces and 1,400 photos and illustrations found in Warman?s Sterling Silver Flatware, 2nd Edition, it?s a fundamental must. Research the work of dozens of American makers, along with an overview of the decorative styles of British designers, and select European silversmiths.
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This review is from: Warman's Sterling Silver Flatware: Value & Identification Guide (Paperback)
As a collector of sterling flatware, I found little I could use in this book. I'll have to admit that I loved the introductory pages. Phil Dreis is very knowledgeable about the silver market. He also lists most patterns and supplies pictures, but he does not include the most collectible serving pieces. You won't find ice scoops, tomato servers, olive spoons, horseradish scoops, etc. He does show profiles of such pieces at the beginning of the book. In the actual listings under the pattern names, he does not refer to the difference in cost due to the age of the item although he does make mention of that in the introduction. This might be a good resource for a novice but not for a collector.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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BEST PRICE GUIDE ON SILVER!!!,
This review is from: Warman's Sterling Silver Flatware: Value & Identification Guide (Paperback)
This is the finest price guide ever written on silver. It identifies more patterns than any other book out there in an easy to use format. SUPERB!! As an avid silver flatware collector, I use this book every single day. This book is a huge improvement over the first edition.
THANK YOU PHIL DREIS from ANTIQUE CUPBOARD! Your expertise is appreciated!!
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This purchase was a dismal disappointment. I just built a new but small, storage warehouse and I wanted an adequate reference manual in both the warehouse and my office. I deal solely in very old American sterling pieces and sets. Yet, when I tried to find 9 obsolete patterns in this book... only 3 were in there. I found them easily in Tere Hagan's reference guide.
I've ordered another used Tere Hagan book for the warehouse and Warman's Sterling Silver Flatware Guide will probably be used for shredded packing fodder. Sorry Mr. Warman... you need to make sure that your book is as complete as possible... plus... what would be the harm in listing patterns by the year that they were made instead of alphabetically? If I knew the pattern name, I wouldn't need your book.
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