>>20368881Kek, wholesome little balls scrapbro, i love it. It is true silver shakers are often a trap (not your big nippon battleships tho). I remember how sad i was the first time i got one from a lot of silverware. It was paper tier of flimsy, not even sure it weighted more than 5g while being thrice the height of your displayed minibulbs.
Btw, i didn't have the opportunity to answer you about your message concerning my searches for ancient silberware. I continued to look at least once or twice a week for opportunities, but since i was focusing on numismatics i only wanted to secure stupidly good deals, allowing myself only 0.50€/gr max.
With no surprise i didn't land anything in several months, even though on rare occasions only 1 bidder was topping me (good for them).
Also i feel like i dried the market a bit. I believe pre-1790 frog silverware is much more niche than i initially thought. Now i only see 3-5 auctions max availible at any given time.
Sadly (or luckily if i want more), unlike with Bob and his tokens who did a x50 after he cornered the market, here it didn't seems to have much of an impact on the price. Maybe 10-15% more expensive, but that's not even covering the spot's increase. It's just there is no offer anymore.
Maybe it will change if we get a hotter than usual summer, crossing my fingers. :3
