How much is pewter worth?

[jimb16]

I just picked up two large tankards and a 7 inch pedestal type bowl today for $6.24. I figure I've got about 5 pounds of pewter in the three items.

[bandmiller2]

Is there a sure fire way to recognize real pewter. Frank C.

[abearir]

Is there a sure fire way to recognize real pewter. Frank C.

Hallmarks on the bottom don't lie.

[dondiego]

I picked up a piece of pewter marked "SALEM pewter Made in USA" Anyone have any experience with this hallmark?

[osteodoc08]

Do a search. There is a thread explaining the hallmarks. Should answer y'all's questions.

[dondiego]

Did a search and there is a whole lot of pewter that they want to sell and they talk a lot about marks but it was a waste of time trying to get any real info.

[dondiego]

All right! I was looking in the wrong place. Found the pewter threads here on cast boolits.

[imashooter2]

2 tankards and a bowl should be a whole lot less than 5 pounds unless the bowl is over 12 inches diameter. There are a couple of folks on here that sell pewter in small ingots for $8 or $9 a pound.

[Guesser]

A modern source is belt buckles. The modern kind, about 2" x 3". Many machinery companies give them to customers as premiums for patronage, and they are used for advertising. 2 years ago I was given about 600 of them, all brand new but with defects in the logo and in the brass plating. I melted some down, cleaned all the plating and steel fittings out and found that 3 buckles make a really nice Saeco or Lee 1# ingot. Finally pinned the alloy content down as 92.5% tin, 6% antimony and 1.5% copper. This makes a fantastic additive to unknown quantity lead alloys for casting. Had thought of selling some off but never followed thru.

[OverMax]

A pound of pewter that Roto Metals sells runs about $19.00 a pound plus shipping.

[rhead]

As metal it is worth very much the same as tin. If the articles are in good shape they may be worth more as is to someone else.

Back when i was in college (69 I think) I bought a box of pewter ware. The tea service for four turned out to be sterling instead of pewter.

[gundownunder]

I don't know if things in USA are like they are here in Oz, but I go to the recycle yard at my local rubbish tip and will pick up a pewter tankard for $1.50.
Pewter should be hallmarked as "pewter" or "lead free pewter". If in doubt, bend it by hand, if it won't bend it isn't pewter and if it does bend it should be worth less when you get to the cashier, because it is damaged.

[imashooter2]

I don't know if things in USA are like they are here in Oz, but I go to the recycle yard at my local rubbish tip and will pick up a pewter tankard for $1.50.
Pewter should be hallmarked as "pewter" or "lead free pewter". If in doubt, bend it by hand, if it won't bend it isn't pewter and if it does bend it should be worth less when you get to the cashier, because it is damaged.

Damaging goods to obtain them at a lower price is thoroughly and completely unethical. I hope you just forgot to place the smiley after that statement.

[cr2]

Here's a really good thread on pewter: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...-and-hallmarks

[gundownunder]

Damaging goods to obtain them at a lower price is thoroughly and completely unethical. I hope you just forgot to place the smiley after that statement.

No smiley face, I'm talking about a council rubbish tip which charges ratepayers $200.00 a ton to bury our rubbish and then wants us to buy back anything useful at top dollar when they got it for nothing. They call it recycling, I call it something else.