Buy And Sell Antique Silver And Estate Silver

Nelson & Nelson Antiques has had 35 years experience buying and selling antique silver. We are experts at evaluating your sterling silver and pay the most competitive prices. We are experts at evaluating your antique and estate silver. Examples of what we are buying and selling are Tiffany Silver, Buccellati Silver and Georg Jensen Silver. With the price of sterling silver at its highest in three decades, there's never been a better time to sell silver antiques that may no longer work with your décor or are simply collecting dust. We will buy any piece of antique silver and sterling silver from small items to large including complete estate lots of sterling silver. Sterling flatware and silverware sets along with tea and coffee sets are desirable to us. Nelson & Nelson never scraps sterling silver, so you're assured that what you sell us will be lovingly curated.

What we buy:

Nelson and Nelson buys antique sterling silver, not silverplate or coins. So how do you know if your antique is made of sterling? Most sterling silver is hallmarked. Hallmarks are small stamps in the silver that can indicate the manufacturer, date and/or location of manufacture, or the purity of the silver. Our basic rule of thumb:

• European sterling silver is hallmarked and/or may be marked with the number "800."

• English sterling silver must feature at least four hallmarks: the Lion Passant, city mark, maker mark and date letter.

• American sterling is always hallmarked on the bottom of the piece, the marks will be one of the following, sterling, sterling silver, coin [900 silver], or the number equivalent for sterling silver 925/1000.

A fine quality Sterling Silver antique stuffing spoon made in London in 1784 (above) and its associated hallmarks (below). For a piece to be sterling silver made in England it must have 4 hallmarks as shown.


What we're especially looking for:

Nelson & Nelson is specifically looking for sterling silver from Georg Jensen as well as Tiffany sterling, Gorham Martele, Buccellati sterling and Gorham sterling. We also buy all antique English silver, including items by Paul Storr, Robert Garrard, Hester Bateman, Asprey and William Comyns; European silver, including all French silver, German silver, and Austrian silver. We also especially look to buy 18th century silver, as well as any hand-hammered silver including Kalo, Alan Adler, Jarvie, Tiffany mixed metals, Tiffany special hand work, Gorham mixed metals, Whiting mixed metals, any sterling flatware set, all sterling tea and coffee sets, Japanese silver including all enamel silver, Arthur and Bond, Yokahama, dragon designs, Prunis blossom and flower work, Chinese silver, including any silver piece with enamel work Zeewo, Wang Hing, KHC and all pseudo hallmarked pieces, and any piece with dragons, flowers or birds.

How to sell us your silver:

If you live in the New York City area, please call to make an appointment to bring your antique silver in to our Pierre Hotel location for an appraisal at 212 980 5825. If you're unable to visit us in person, please send us an email at NNAntiques@aol.com that contains a description of the object you'd like to sell (including size and weight, if possible) as well as photos of the object and any associated hallmarks and/or stamps. Please include your phone number so we can contact you if the item is of interest to us.

Nelson & Nelson also buys antique or signed gold and platinum jewelry. For more information on how to sell jewelry, click here.