Effect on raw silver value if form is gilded cloisonné?

In My Humble Opinion
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I have a dozen Soviet era silver cloisonné spoons that are stamped 875 purity. The total weight is slightly less than 10 ounces, and online calculators say the value is around $128.

What I’m curious about is how it affects the value that the spoons are gilded (much of which has rubbed off) and the handles are enameled. Is there a fairly standard hit taken for that?

I assume the spoons are worth roughly the same whether someone wants the actual spoons or the silver.

I listed on Ebay and I received an offer of $95 for them, I’m just wondering if I’d do noticeably better selling them to a local silver buyer, factoring in all the Ebay and Paypal fees… If I can get close to $130 cash for them vs. the $80-85 an Ebay sale nets, it might be worth it. But if a silver dealer is going to pay something in the same neighborhood, it’s faster and easier to sell them via Ebay.

Thoughts?
Also, just as a matter of curiosity, how difficult is it to separate the silver from the enamel and even from the thin gold on the surface, if at all? Would you just meld the gilt into the silver?

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Local silver buyer not gonna give you $130. More like $100. tops.

The gild and enamel really don’t enter into it.

3

I figured they aren’t going to payout the max.

4

More like $60 to $70. The folks I worked for (and you know who) rarely paid over 50% of melt for stuff like that because of the costs to the of having it melted and assayed.