What we buy

Silver.

Fine, sterling and coin. Flatware, hollowware, scrap and coin, sorted or not.

Silver moves on volume. A handful of sterling rarely covers the carriage it would travel under, and it is better to hear that before you pack the box than after it lands.

A cast silver bar, photographed against a plain ground.
Tarnished sterling silver hollowware: a footed bowl, a creamer jug, a lidded pot and a plain oval tray.
Hollowware
A heap of worn silver coins, their faces rubbed smooth, with dark tarnish in the rims.
Coin silver

The grades we quote.

  • Fine .999
  • Sterling .925
  • Coin .900

Plated flatware turns up in almost every estate lot. It is not bought. It is separated out on the call rather than quietly counted, and you see it come out.

A purity scale marked at .800, .830, .900, .925, .958 and .999. Plated material is not on the scale at all; it is separated out on the call. .800 .830 .900 .925 .958 .999 Plate sits off this scale entirely — it is separated on the call and you see it come out.
Fine, Britannia, sterling, coin, continental

How it is assayed on arrival.

The video call is booked before the package is opened. The lot is weighed in front of you, then read on XRF, with the instrument and its display in shot. One reading, on every lot, and you watch it taken.

Plate is common on hollowware. Plated and gold-filled material is not bought at all; it is refused. It is separated out on the call while you watch it come out, and it goes back to you only if you ask for it on that call.

A lot arrives and splits two ways: solid silver is read on XRF and bought, while plated and gold-filled material is separated out and refused. A lot arrives Solid silver, .999 down to .800 Read on XRF while you watch, and bought on that reading. Plated and gold-filled Refused. Separated out on the call, and you see it come out.
What is bought, and what is refused

Nothing is agreed until you have seen the reading.

What to expect.

Your unit
Weigh it in grams, pennyweight or troy ounces, whichever you weigh in. Every figure that comes back is in the same unit, because that is the one you can check.
Volume
Silver is worth sending in quantity. Tell us what you are holding before you close, and you will know whether the lot is worth moving.
The lock
Closing holds your figure. The price you locked is the price you are paid.
Carriage
Close, and we send you an insured container to fill. Insured both ways, at our cost. Cover starts at the first carrier scan, and from that scan the risk is ours.
Settlement
Same day, once the lot is assayed.

Also buying gold and platinum at the same counter.

Close the price, fill the insured container we send and hand it to the carrier where cover starts, it arrives, the assay runs on video, and you are paid the same day. 1 Close the price 2 Carrier scan cover starts 3 Arrives 4 Assay on video 5 Paid same day
From closing to settlement

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