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Now Is the Time for Sterling Silver Flatware

Now Is the Time for Sterling Silver Flatware
Al and Mae Capone’s pantheon sterling silver tea service is displayed at Witherell’s auction house in Sacramento, Calif., on Oct. 4, 2021. Nick Otto/AFP via Getty Images
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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In 2011, silver prices hit a record of $47 per ounce. At the time, there were still vast amounts of sterling silver on the market. Given the high prices for silver, there was a brief time in which it was possible to buy used sterling on the market and sell it for more than you paid. Hoards of silver treasures from hundreds of years of collecting were melted.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
Author
Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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