Any antique know it alls out there that might be able to answer this question for me. I was sold a set of, what I was told at the time, 1901 Reed Barton "Tiger Lily" silverware from an antiques shop while on vacation. (8 dinner knives, 8 dinner forks, 16 teaspoons, 3 iced-tea spoons, 2 serving spoons, 1 serving fork, 1 butter knife and a sugar spoon for 100$). When I got home and got it all polished up and was looking online for a few missing pieces I discovered that my silverware was not the 1901, but a re-release in 1945 called "Festival" (exact same silverware pattern/style, just renamed and rereleased with a small change to the "Reed Barton" banner). What I'm wondering is if there is a significant value difference between the two. Should I feel like I got majority ripped off? Because right now I feel like an idiot.
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Was sold a set of Reed Barton 1901 "Tiger Lily" silverware in an antiques shop. Turns out it was a re-release in 1945
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Any antique know it alls out there that might be able to answer this question for me. I was sold a set of, what I was told at the time, 1901 Reed Barton "Tiger Lily" silverware from an antiques shop while on vacation. (8 dinner knives, 8 dinner forks, 16 teaspoons, 3 iced-tea spoons, 2 serving spoons, 1 serving fork, 1 butter knife and a sugar spoon for 100$). When I got home and got it all polished up and was looking online for a few missing pieces I discovered that my silverware was not the 1901, but a re-release in 1945 called "Festival" (exact same silverware pattern/style, just renamed and rereleased with a small change to the "Reed Barton" banner). What I'm wondering is if there is a significant value difference between the two. Should I feel like I got majority ripped off? Because right now I feel like an idiot.
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Was sold a set of Reed Barton 1901 silverware and found out it was a re-release in 1945 called "Festival". Wondering if there
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