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Q. I'm planning on buying a dinnerware and flatware set service for 8, i'm willing to spend around $200. I typically want a "casual" set, nothing too fancy, but nothing too cheap. Any suggestions?
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In 1972, I got Fraser's 18% chromium nickel flatware made in Germany. It was called (spelling unclear in my old note) Cromargan or Kromargan stainless steel and at that time was the only good stainless steel flatwear that you could monogram (I was probably mistaken). It was $12 for a 5 piece place setting, and people wondered why I wasn't asking for silverplate at that price (was it ever that inexpensive?).
30 years later, there is hardly a scratch, and the pieces still hold up to digging into hard ice cream just fine. Lasted 23 years longer than the marriage. Thank goodness I never got around to sending it to Germany to have it monogramed (stamped)!
In the meantime, along the way, I inherited my grandmother's silverplate, so I have the best of both worlds. I'm really glad that I stuck up for the stainless flatwear.
As for the dinnerware, I started out with heavy Pfaltzcraft, which held the food nice and warm, but took up alot of space. Moved to Corelle, just the opposite, and now have a mixture of white Corelle and "new" colorful Fiesta ware. The nearby Goodwill displays complete sets of great-looking dinnerware all the time.
In 1972, I got Fraser's 18% chromium nickel flatware made in Germany. It was called (spelling unclear in my old note) Cromargan or Kromargan stainless steel and at that time was the only good stainless steel flatwear that you could monogram (I was probably mistaken). It was $12 for a 5 piece place setting, and people wondered why I wasn't asking for silverplate at that price (was it ever that inexpensive?).
30 years later, there is hardly a scratch, and the pieces still hold up to digging into hard ice cream just fine. Lasted 23 years longer than the marriage. Thank goodness I never got around to sending it to Germany to have it monogramed (stamped)!
In the meantime, along the way, I inherited my grandmother's silverplate, so I have the best of both worlds. I'm really glad that I stuck up for the stainless flatwear.
As for the dinnerware, I started out with heavy Pfaltzcraft, which held the food nice and warm, but took up alot of space. Moved to Corelle, just the opposite, and now have a mixture of white Corelle and "new" colorful Fiesta ware. The nearby Goodwill displays complete sets of great-looking dinnerware all the time.
How much is 81 pc. set of 1847 Rogers Bros XS Triple dinnerware worth?
Jason
It is a mint condition, silver plated, 82 piece set of 12 knives, 6 soup spoons, 12 butter knives, 13 teaspoons, 12 dinner forks, 6 serving spoons, 12 salad forks, 6 table spoons, 1 large meat fork, 1 gravy ladle, and 1 dinner platter. I have heard it been called multiple styles such as; Isabella, Vintage or Grape. The design does have the grapes and it looks like the images found on http://www.rubylane.com/item/153293-RL-965/1847-Rogers-Bros-Grape-Pattern
An offer was made for $162.00 USD 30 yrs ago, it had been the only place I had taken it to so I was wondering if anyone had an idea on its true value.
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Check eBay sold results for that pattern. There is quite a lot of Rogers sold on eBay and prices are all over the place due to the many variables: Pattern, condition, set size and completeness (you will see a lot of odd-numbered pieces - yours is fairly even, 6 or 12, and the one extra teaspoon does you no good, really), and if there is a storage case, how nice that is. Those varied also, from cheap to very well-made.
I think you should do better than the price from 30 years ago, but not enough to offset the ravages of inflation. If you had taken that $162 and put it in 3 -yr CDs and kept rolling them, even with the next-to-nothing you would have gotten the last five years or so, you would still have tripled your money. There were several double-digit years in the '80s. You won't get anywhere near $488 for it.
Check eBay sold results for that pattern. There is quite a lot of Rogers sold on eBay and prices are all over the place due to the many variables: Pattern, condition, set size and completeness (you will see a lot of odd-numbered pieces - yours is fairly even, 6 or 12, and the one extra teaspoon does you no good, really), and if there is a storage case, how nice that is. Those varied also, from cheap to very well-made.
I think you should do better than the price from 30 years ago, but not enough to offset the ravages of inflation. If you had taken that $162 and put it in 3 -yr CDs and kept rolling them, even with the next-to-nothing you would have gotten the last five years or so, you would still have tripled your money. There were several double-digit years in the '80s. You won't get anywhere near $488 for it.
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