What we have here is an interesting photo shared to us by one of our fellow treasure hunter in this community.
As we can see in the photo below, it is an antique object which is an old silver platter.
He actually wanted to know how much is this antique platter today if he wants to sell it?
Unfortunately, examining a certain antique object such as this one to determine its appropriate price is not easy. It really requires physical examination so relying on this photo alone is not good enough.
2 Ways to Determine the Price of an Antique Plate
There are actually two main bases on how prices are determined for antique plates.
One is by “weight”.
And two is by its “age”.
By Weight
If we are going to price our antique by-weight as its main basis, we are actually basing the price from the weight of the silver material that the object is made of.
So let’s just say for example that we melted our antique silver platter plate then we sold it to the marker for a certain amount of price. This particular price that we got from selling the melted silver is just exactly the same as the price of selling the antique silver platter plate as it is.
If the antique silver platter plate that we have here is made out of pure silver then it is expected that it’s composition is around 92.15 percent silver.
The last time that I checked the price of silver was on January 3, 2022 at a price of 1,178 pesos per ounce.
By Age
If our basis is by the age of the item, then we might be getting more money from it rather than by selling it by its weight.
When it comes to age, an interested buyer or collector will most likely want to know if the object is a rare kind and it is in good condition.
If it's rare and still in good condition, we might be getting a much better price offer.
Determining the Actual Value of this Antique Silver Platter Plate
Unfortunately, I cannot determine the appropriate price of this antique silver platter plate because there are many aspects that we need to consider which can only be acquired by examining the object physically.
Other than examining it physically, it is also very important that we need to know who designed it and when it was made.
We really have to do our research and find out if this antique platter plate is a rare kind and there is a major demand where there are many interested collectors willing to buy it.
The only way that I can give an estimated price for this antique object is to look for other similar objects around.
Then we can check how much they are worth or how much they were sold. So this is what I did.
As a result, I came across several similar antique platter plates that got sold at a price of around 3,000 pesos and above.