If you have a pile of old tarnished silver flatware sitting in a drawer, it's time to get it out, polish it up and check to ...

Now that the holidays are over, some are no doubt wondering whether to polish the silver or simply get rid of it. Younger generations are increasingly choosing the latter, according to local antique ...

Q. My wife and I have a number of pieces of sterling silver and we want to sell it as it has never been our style. Most of the pieces are from family members who passed it on to us. How can we locate ...

Would you rather have the money or the stuff? That is a question I often ask myself and my readers. The answer often comes down to a contest between sentimental value and market value ─ the old ...

Like a lot of American couples in the late 1950s, my parents got a set of sterling silverware for their wedding. And also like many, they have not used it for years. So this spring, with my parents ...

Find out when your forks were made—and how much they could be worth—with these tips. Here, an expert guide to antique ...

This month’s submissions all were handed down in families, including a fine set of Reed & Barton sterling flatware, a carnival glass bowl, and a print that hung in a lawyer’s office. Two pieces of ...

Would you rather have the money or the stuff? That’s a question I often ask myself and my readers. The answer is a contest between sentimental value and market value ─ the old heart-versus-head ...

Q: Several decades ago, I collected coin silver flatware. I have 135 pieces, including forks, a butter knife, different size scoops, teaspoons, tablespoons, and serving pieces. Total weight is 9 ...

Would you rather have the money or the stuff? That is a question I often ask myself and my readers. The answer often comes down to a contest between sentimental value and market value ─ the old ...