Sorry Im late I saw a tractor shirt

Not me but my brother. Someone apparently threw out grandpas stuff from the attic after he passed away. This was theSorry Im late I saw a tractor shirtscheduled pickup at the house and everything was already moved out, nobody living there. Driving an automated (claw to grab and dump) truck, my brother was irritated there were these 2 bowling bags he had to get out to throw in the truck. He realized they seemed a bit heavy, so he opened them to see why. Inside there was real silver silverware/flatware. He ended up selling it for scrap prices to a jeweler and got $3000.

My mom inherited a huge wedding set she got when her grandmother passed away. It was from the Sorry Im late I saw a tractor shirt. She thought the same thing, that it would only be worth tge silver weight.. The scrap dealer originally offered her $2500 for the pile, then he really looked at the silverware. He realized it was worth something as a set and withdrew his offer because it was worth far more and the work on the pattern was too beautiful for him to melt. Offered her 10k and said she could get 15k easy if she auctioned it. She auctioned it and recieved 18k after fees. I don’t remember much about the set except that the fkatware pieces were very heavy and beautiful and you could have killed someone with the serving spoons. The serving platter could have easily held a whole, cooked lamb.