richhodg66
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Like most of us, I scrounge thrift stores for pewter, have learned to identify it accurately and have accumulated quite a bit over the years. Not gonna melt this down, but yesterday, the wife and oldest son and I went through an antique mall and bought a statue of Stonewall Jackson maybe 8" tall. I thought it was plaster plated in some kind of silvery metal, but when the owner opened the case and I picked it it, it has to weigh six or seven pounds, no way it's plaster.
Sure looks good on the mantel, I'm just wondering what it could be made of, could be lead under some kind of plating, no idea. No maker's markings on it at all, but if that thing is solid pewter, it must have been pricey when new.
Most of the Goodwill pewter I get I figure averages out to maybe ten cents an ounce, but what is the going rate per ounce for pewter/tin?
Sure looks good on the mantel, I'm just wondering what it could be made of, could be lead under some kind of plating, no idea. No maker's markings on it at all, but if that thing is solid pewter, it must have been pricey when new.
Most of the Goodwill pewter I get I figure averages out to maybe ten cents an ounce, but what is the going rate per ounce for pewter/tin?