I have some old silver thimbles. Does anyone know how old these are or how much are they worth?
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Almost all thimbles are low value and very slow sellers.
I thought it was interesting that an example given on ThriftyFun for a thimble in June, 2018 is still listed by the seller (and at the same price). $185 is a high price but lower priced ones are listed over and over also or the sellers give up and try to sell other places (yard sales mostly).
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There are presently over 14,000 thimbles listed on eBay (all kinds and some are lots). Not very many are being sold and the sold prices are very low even for nice "decorator" styles.
You might try listing yours as a "lot" on eBay (or any site that you use) and start at a higher price and lower it if no one shows an interest.
In any case you will need very good pictures, showing all sides and any markings as well as the size.
I do not believe many people care if they are sterling silver or aluminum or just "metal" but care more about what design is on the thimble.
There are clubs you can join and try sending pictures and asking questions but unless they are special you may not be able to gain very much information as there are millions of similar thimbles and identifying can be a difficult task.
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Dating thimbles is challenge as there are so many out there that are similar.
Do they have a brand stamped in them? Are they stamped with 925 or the word STERLING? OR 95 of M95? OR 825 or 725? These are the main marks I see for REAL silver. There are others--symbols, but those are tricky to figure out.
Do you know the sizes? A real collector will want to know the finger size if they are looking for something specific.
Without more info it will be hard to give you EXACT values. What I can tell you is very general.
Generally sterling silver (marked) fetch between $6-10 each on line, unless they are VERY unique in decoration or have gems in them like turquoise, which can fetch in the low $20s up to the $50s.
If they are not sterling (just a metal), they will fetch under $5 each unless they have unique designs or gems and then maybe in the mid teens.
If you have a bunch of them and they are the low end, you may want to bunch them together and sell as a "lot". Artists like to use these to make into jewelry and other assemblage projects!
Neat find!! Thanks for sharing!
One of them has Sterling stamped on it and inside it has 10 stamped on it. One has 9 on it but no writing. I received them in a pill bottle dated April 1953
I would take these to an antique dealer first. Anyone familiar with silver thimbles would know the value. If you just take it to a jeweler, they will give you the melt value, which can be far less.
You know that they are sterling, since they have a stamp. The bottle may or may not mean the thimbles are from 1953 or before.
Hi,
I found a site on our very own ThriftyFun.com that discusses these thimbles:
www.thriftyfun.com/
They are so nice and I have to admit, the first time I saw them, I thought how nice they would look in a sewing themed journal, as embellishments. You could ask more for them, together, and list them as vintage journal accessories.
Blessings,
Robyn
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