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GREATER ORLANDO WHAT’S IT WORTH ANTIQUES MINUTE

Kissimmee • Oviedo • Winter Park • Orlando BY: Mike Ivankovich

KISSIMMEE WINTER PARK LONGWOOD
1. Lanier’s 5. Orange Tree Antique Mall 8. The Royal Court IS IT STERLING SILVER OR SILVERPLATE?
2. Echoes of Yesterday 6. Gingers Antique Mall

OVIEDO ORLANDO
3. The Coop 7. OAE Inc.
4. Oviedo Antique Mall

GINGER'S
ANTIQUE

MALL
“Tin To Tiffany” Historic Downtown Marketplace
108 Broadway
2695 W. Fairbanks Ave. in the Old McCrory’s Building
Winter Park, FL 32789 Kissimmee, FL
407-933-5679
(One block West of I-4 at Fairbanks)
Antiques & Collectibles
Orientals - Imari - Mud Men Antiques, Collectibles & Accessories
Heisey - Cut Glass - Candelabras for the Home & Garden
Serving the Orlando area for Over 30 Years Family owned and operated for 20 years
Wed-Sat 11am-5pm or by appt. • Closed June-Oct. How can you tell if your items are “Sterling Silver” or “Silverplate”?
OPEN: Mon-Sat 10-5
407-740-8775 6 Laniersantiques.com 1 It’s actually easier than you may think. If your items are marked “Ster-
ling”, “925”, or “925/1000”, your items will be Sterling Silver.
If your items are marked “EPNS” (Electro Plated Nickel Silver), “EP”
(Electro Plated), “Plated”, “Silverplate”, or “IS” (International Silver), your
items are most likely Silverplated. Even items marked “Quadruple Plate”

3 are still “Silverplated” having nominal scrap silver value.
8 4 If your items have no markings, many reputable Jewelers and Gold
Stores will test your items at no charge.
WHAT’S IT WORTH? Your Sterling Silver items will be worth at least the
scrap silver value, and often many times scrap value, if your items are
highly desirable and in unblemished condition. Having nominal “Scrap
5 Silver” value, most Silverplate items also have nominal utilitarian value
because so few want to polish silver today.
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Mike Ivankovich is an Auctioneer, Appraiser, Home Downsizing Expert, and host of the “What’s
It Worth? Ask Mike the Appraiser” Radio Show that airs live in the Philadelphia, PA area on
Friday mornings from 9-10 AM EST on WBCB 1490 AM and on the Internet at: www.WBCB1490.
com. His show also airs in Denver CO on KEZW Cruisin 1430 AM on Saturdays from 3-4 PM MST
& Sundays from 11 AM-12 Noon MST, and on the Internet at: www.Cruisin1430.com. You can
also visit: www.AskMikeTheAppraiser.com

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