Russian Silver Tea Service, ca. 1916 | Cleveland Hr 2 Preview

[@_sheebie]

What a wonderful story! These are the best ones, the ones with such rich history. Absolutely awesome. 💙

[@AndySaenz]

WOW, these are all beautiful pieces of sterling silver dinnerware! And I'm always fascinated by the stories behind all of these antiques featured on this TV show.

[@rodroper211]

russian and sterling silver not the same thing. russian silver is often below 90%

[@djquinn11]

I never knew that Hugh Grant doubled as a silver appraiser!

[@strawman6578]

Hugh Grant appraising Bill Gates' silverware

[@Marcel_Audubon]

This guy has more on the ball than Hugh "Divine Brown" Grant could ever dream of

[@peaceandlove544]

Ridiculous low for one hundred pre-revolution pure silver gorgeous piece of valuable art

[@johnschnellbach986]

Just because it's old, doesn't mean it's valuable

[@radioguy1620]

Quite a story and well told.

[@Y7BRO]

The history & story are way more valuable than the $ amount.

[@1bytor]

Probably could sell it back to Russia for 10 times that as it would be very illegal to remove it from there today......on my last trip to Russia I bought a Samovar tea pot with the complete service made from blue plate ceramic......I had to have documentation proving that it was a recently produced piece and not an antique

[@danarayart2537]

..darlings.. what a great story.. and it’s beautiful .. that youngster has the best hair..!

[@hc130radio]

His family escapes Russia and lands in Baltimore. Oof.

[@leahtv7778]

🤷‍♀️

[@Marcel_Audubon]

Alive. They landed in Baltimore alive. To lots of Russians who didn't live through the brutalities of the revolution, Baltimore woulda been a paradise. Let's also assume they didn't throw a dart at a map of the U.S. - guessing they had relatives there already.

[@aeodian]

back then baltimore wasnt infested

[@jasoneverett]

Some people are so concerned about being "smart" they can't enjoy a good joke.

[@my11badkids78]

Yea but they landed in Season 2 of the Wire Baltimore, not any of those other seasons 😂

[@user-cw8ej4gd3v]

I love seeing this appraiser he’s by far the sexiest one on the show

[@kosmos1957]

He has the physique of a 12 year old boy IMHO.

[@tammykozub2811]

I'm sexy to

[@rojeantalley2303]

Horrible hairpiece.

[@xjAlbert]

David Walker is the name of this handsome appraiser. His bio includes Freeman's Auctioneers (Philadelphia, PA) and Sotheby's in New York as Vice President, Head of Department 19th Century Furniture & Decorative Arts

[@dfahmie1]

I have to agree. And I'm not even hetero.

[@patriciawickholm3617]

Beautiful tea set!!!

[@tycobb2580]

wow, that's a wild story

[@tommypetraglia4688]

Show of hands... how many think young David Walker here can read Cyrillic? ✋ That's one sharp young man

[@jareddkearns]

That estimate was for the silver value, right?

[@lisaresmen7082]

Looooooooved the history!

[@levylipajr.8465]

Price is too low can we get a little higher on that teapot?watching here from tokyo,japan.

[@victorjeffers1993]

Low balled you on the estimate !

[@Bunny-ch2ul]

Not really. Monograms and inscriptions pretty much always lower the value, no matter how beautifully done they are. Russian silver is also less desirable because it's not sterling. It's 80% silver, instead of 92.5% silver. That doesn't sound like a huge difference, but it makes a difference in the color and shine. It doesn't look very nice mixed in with sterling pieces. It also doesn't mix well with other silver styles from a design perspective. The design is such a random pastiche of different elements that it won't work with hardly anything else. In and of itself, it is an attractive, well made piece. It has a lot working against it though. All things considered, the value isn't that bad for a three piece set.

[@thefreeamericanpress9472]

!@@Bunny-ch2ul he did low ball! He was a commander in the russian army!

[@michaelf.2449]

@@thefreeamericanpress9472 so? That's not really relevant to price here.

[@thefreeamericanpress9472]

@@michaelf.2449 yeah it is. Put it in a Russian auction

[@XSpamDragonX]

That's a very clever disguise, but you aren't fooling me, Bill Gates. How many nanomachines are you using?

[@TBrl8]

3:02 sneaky Keno networking.

[@IrishAnnie]

Can you imagine how they smuggled it out?

[@JohnSmith-yv6eq]

Tea service....in a tea chest???

[@RMokros]

Did that guy use a dental tool to prod the teapot?

[@robertcolyer3321]

Very low evaluation

[@Iffy50]

I know! If he still has it I'd be happy to buy the set for $4,000 or negotiate for more.

[@jasonmichael3676]

@@Iffy50 How about $6000 ?

[@Iffy50]

@@jasonmichael3676 Are you saying that you are the person in the video? If you are, I'm not joking. We can negotiate once I confirm you are who you say you are.

[@jasonmichael3676]

@@Iffy50 No...I've just been watching too many Pawn Stars comments. You actually might be legit.

[@Iffy50]

@@jasonmichael3676 I collect Russian Enamel so this is a bit out of my wheelhouse, but not far. I have a book on Russian silver hallmarks and several books showing different pieces (Sotheby's catalogs too). There are a lot of fakes/reproductions out there so a guaranteed legit set with a history like this comes up it certainly adds to the value. My collection is worth about $10K, but I spent $4,000 on a single cigarette case from a very reputable dealer. It's easy to spend $100,000 on a single larger piece from a well known maker (Feodor Ruckert for example)

[@douro20]

Omsk to Vladivostok is a very long way. Vladivostok is the easternmost major city in Russia.

[@danielleclare2938]

Silver value only or melt value. Maybe a bit more.

[@josetapia8878]

More than I thought and yet less than I hoped

[@FreshHeat]

If Hank Hill and Bill Gates had a kid...

[@twmlloyd5257]

lol

[@davidadams6863]

♡

[@dudzinski324]

That’s less than I would expect to pay.

[@mikewoodson6930]

An 1816 Teapot with out the set ( creamer and sugar ) is worth around 10X more. $20,000.

[@Iffy50]

Better try again on that date. You are off by100 years.

[@baitclicker9414]

Tracing the beginnings of the Baltimore Russian Mafia.

[@Fush1234]

and I’ll look sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo…serious.

[@amandawoods8323]

Face value in 2022 is not recognized by money. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 ♥

[@I-Nex]

wtf is "Oompst, Siberia"

[@mike856ms]

Who else just forwards a minute to the end to just see the value???

[@juliahoward1369]

mike856ms me

[@robertcolyer3321]

Very low est

[@nikkinicole5588]

Let's go Brandon! 2021

[@IrishAnnie]

Low value.....