Identify rare English Hallmarks
Hallmarks that are no longer made.

Date UK Hallmarks
UK Silver hallmark dating.

International Hallmarks
Identify International hallmarks.

Dating Silver by Assay and Fineness marks

What is Silver Plate?
What is silver plate a guide to identifying and understanding the silver plate method.

Hallmarks Wiki
What is a hallmark.

Understanding English Hallmarks

Buy a Silver Hallmarks Guide
What is a hallmark.

Silver hallmarks history

How to Sell Silver on ebay
How to sell on ebay guide.

How to bid successfully at a live auction.
How to bid at an Auction.

What is Sterling Silver.
How to identify Sterling Silver.


How to sell Silver on eBay.

There are many opportunities for eBay sellers and buyers in the growing market for antique and collectible silver. The fast rising prices of silver metals assure this but it is easy to make mistakes in this arena.

Fact: An amazing one-third of the eBay sellers incorrectly list and describe items because they've learned just enough information about marks to be incompetent.

Often these sellers think because there is a lion, crown, or anchor mark on their item it is English sterling when, in fact, it is a silver plate bearing a pseudo mark.

If least 30% of the 12-15,000 weekly listings in the 'Antiques-Silver' category have inaccurate or misleading descriptions.

The resulting buyer confusion and uncertainty will cause low selling prices, lost sales and seller credibility problems.

sell silver on ebay

Those who are just starting into antique silver selling need to be very wary not to misinterpret marks. As already mentioned, one-third of the eBay sellers incorrectly list and describe items because they don’t know enough about silver.

“So, how does one avoid these mistakes to become successful on selling silver on eBay”.

The answer is, “With knowledge and care”.

First, learn how to identify and understand the many different marks and where to research them. With this background sellers can write professional descriptions in their eBay auctions, eBay stores and other selling venues.

Properly identifying and listing silver items gives sellers credibility and a competitive edge over the hundreds of uninformed sellers in this market. Sell Silver on ebay (part 2)

silver and gold hallmark guide

Hallmarks are the key to valuing silver and gold and if you have ever struggled to identify a hallmark – and let’s face it even experts cannot remember all of them, then you need portable expert information at your fingertips.

Understanding Gold and Silver Hallmarks is a complete guide to British hallmarks and assay marks that can be downloaded straight to your computer, i phone and mobile device for only £2.99

This e book includes all marks from 1678 right up until the present day and also contains a section on international marks.

It is available in PDF format making it suitable for both computer, i phone, i pod touch and almost any mobile device that will read these industry wide standard formats.

No need to learn or memorise the hallmarks, just keep the guide handy and check the details before you buy or sell.

Only £2.99 (digital delivery)

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