What we buy · Silver
Selling Silver in Broward County
Silver is heavy, bulky, and awkward to sell by mail — which is exactly why selling it locally makes more sense than it does for gold.
No appointment needed. No obligation to sell.
Live metal market
This is the market your offer is calculated against — not a chart printed last week. Your items are tested and weighed at the counter, and the arithmetic is done in front of you.
Fort Lauderdale
3562 N Ocean Blvd, Suite B
Galt Ocean Mile
Walk in
Mon–Fri 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
No appointment needed
2004
Buying gold in Broward County since
1983
Family owned and buying in Broward since
87,000+
Items sold on eBay at a 100% rating
Live
Spot pricing, tested and weighed in front of you
Before you sell
What to watch out for
Sterling flatware is where people lose money. A canteen of sterling has real silver content, but plated flatware from the same era looks nearly identical and is worth almost nothing. Sorting that out by eye in your own kitchen is how good sets get sold as plate.
At the counter
How this one is valued
Silver is a reading job before it is a testing job. Sterling carries 925, STERLING, or an English lion; American coin silver runs 900. The marks that cost people money are the ones that look official and mean plate: EPNS, EP, A1, silver on copper. German silver and nickel silver contain none at all. We read the mark, then test an unplated area to confirm it, because plate on a sterling-shaped body is common in flatware and impossible to call by eye.
How we handle it
- Bars, rounds, monster boxes and generic silver all bought by weight.
- Junk silver — pre-1965 US coin — valued on silver content.
- Sterling flatware and hollowware tested piece by piece, not assumed.
- No shipping, no insurance, no waiting for a mail-in buyer to decide.
Said plainly
When it is worth more than the metal
Flatware is where this happens. A complete service in a named pattern, with the serving pieces and the original chest, sells to replacement and antique dealers as a set rather than as weight. Georg Jensen, early Gorham and Wallace patterns, signed hollowware. Melting those is the loss. Danish and Mexican studio work behaves the same way. Check junk silver too before it goes in the pile, because key dates and mintmarks among Morgan dollars, Mercury dimes and Standing Liberty quarters are coins rather than bullion. We separate those and tell you.
What not to do
Before you bring it in
Do not polish anything. Every pass takes metal off, and on a patterned set it takes value off twice, once from the weight and once from the surface a replacement dealer is buying. Bring the chest, the felt roll, and the odd pieces that do not match, because a nearly complete set is worth more as a set than the same silver loose. Keep the knives in even though hollow handles are part filler. Same with weighted candlesticks: bring them, and the filler is separated from the silver at the counter.
Bringing it in
Bring flatware in whatever state it is in — tarnish makes no difference to metal content, and polishing it first is wasted effort. Weighted pieces such as candlesticks contain filler, which we identify and exclude.
The market right now
These are live spot prices per troy ounce. They are the starting point for the arithmetic, not the offer — see what your gold is worthfor how a counter price is actually built.
Silver splits into three unit questions. Bars and rounds go per troy ounce. Scrap sterling goes per gram. Pre-1965 US coin is usually quoted as a multiple of face value rather than by weight, because circulation wear means two dimes of the same date do not weigh the same. And a named pattern may be worth more counted per piece than weighed at all.
FAQ
Common questions
- How do I know if my flatware is real silver?
- Bring it in. Sterling is usually marked, but plated pieces can carry confusing marks too. We test rather than guess.
- Should I polish it first?
- No. Tarnish does not affect the metal content and polishing is wasted effort.
- Do you buy junk silver?
- Yes, valued on its silver content.
- Is silver worth selling locally?
- Usually more so than gold — it is heavy and expensive to ship.
- Can I sell gold and silver in the same visit?
- Yes, and most people do. Each metal is tested and weighed separately and priced against its own market, then it all goes on one slip. Bring it in one bag. Sorting the gold from the silver is our job, not yours.
Areas served
Where our sellers come from
Our counter
Galt Ocean Mile
Our Fort Lauderdale counter is on this stretch of North Ocean Boulevard. For the oceanfront towers here it is a walk, and estate jewelry from these buildings is a large part of what crosses the counter.
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5 min
Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
Minutes north on A1A. A older, settled population means estate lots rather than one-off pieces — often a full box after a house is cleared.
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6 min
Coral Ridge
Six minutes south along Federal or Bayview. Many Coral Ridge sellers are downsizing rather than liquidating, which usually means sorted, well-kept pieces.
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9 min
Oakland Park
Straight west on Oakland Park Boulevard, and the easiest approach during season when A1A backs up.
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12 min
Wilton Manors
A short run inland. We see a lot of watch and designer-piece questions from here, where the brand often matters more than the metal.
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13 min
Downtown Fort Lauderdale
The Las Olas and downtown corridor. Convenient at lunchtime, and the reason we hold weekday hours rather than weekend-only.
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We also buy
Gold Jewelry
Chains, rings and odd earrings tested for karat at the counter, weighed in front of you, priced on the live market.
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Gold Coins & Bullion
Eagles, Maples, Krugerrands and refiner bars verified while you wait, with anything worth more than melt flagged first.
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Estate & Inherited Metal
Bring the box unsorted. Everything is separated and valued item by item, with a written breakdown for the family.
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Find out what it is actually worth.
Bring it in, or email a few photos first. Either way you get a real figure and no pressure to take it.
Bring valid government-issued photo ID. Florida law requires it for every purchase.