Soaring silver prices and heavy scrapping have blurred the line between common and scarce, leaving collectors to wonder ...

(Kitco News) - When silver prices nearly hit $50 an ounce in late April there were anecdotal stories that people were raiding their drawers and china cabinets, pulling out flatware and old tea sets ...

The high price of silver is making it worth more to scrappers than antique dealers. Dealers with sterling flatware, tea sets, pitchers and serving trays are finding that many mass-produced, boring ...