Pewter statue

[Schreck5]

This "thing" is 9" tall, weighs 10 lbs, and is solid pewter. I paid $40. Is it too valuable to melt down? The more I look at it, the more it grows on me.

[dimaprok]

yeah, I wouldn't melt it. You can always find other pewter items. It probably worth a lot more money.

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[William Yanda]

I sell reclaimed pewter for $8/lb. plus shipping. If you get over $80 for it you come out ahead.

[Winger Ed.]

I'd set it someplace to look at, and save it for a last resort situation to melt it down.

[maxreloader]

melt it already. Softies.

[imashooter2]

Doesn’t do anything for me, but art is in the eye of the beholder. Enjoy it. Melt it when the appeal fades.

[bangerjim]

A nice piece of art. Do not melt it! There are other finer things in life than casting bollits!!!!!!

[richhodg66]

Would something like that be solid? Seems a lot of candle sticks and such are filled with something and there's not nearly as much tin as you think and you get a stinking mess when you melt it.

I'd just keep it, you can always melt it down later.

[kevin c]

Looks like a fantasy figure, so probably modern construction and maybe not great dollar value unless there's a collectors market?

Richhodg66 raises an interesting question. I think pewter candlesticks are weighted with something much cheaper than pewter to make them stable. Is that figurine's base wide all around? Can you see into the bottom? I once drilled into a thick piece of pewter to determine that it was hollow cast; could you do the same to the bottom of the piece?

One thing I've read is that modern non food service pewter can differ in tin content than that used in mugs and teas services, and can even contain some lead.

Or if you like it, then just keep and enjoy!

[Schreck5]

This is a view from the underside.

Pretty sure its solid pewter.


Yes I have seen the type of candlesticks you speak of. I wont buy any more of those.

[Cosmic_Charlie]

Nice conversation piece for your reloading area. She would look good in a flower garden too.

[smithnframe]

How old is it?

[Schreck5]

Silly me...i fprgot to a! That important part. Inscribed is '1990 737/1500 and a name I cant quite make out...Mickal Rikoy? maybe.

[Eddie Southgate]

Melt it .

[AlHunt]

A nice piece of art. Do not melt it! There other finer things in life that casting bollits!!!!!!

I've run this through every translator I can find and it still doesn't compute.

Melt it.

[farmbif]

you never know what some collector might pay for whatever they perceive as art.
ive got this antique pewter candle stick holder holds 5 candles, that's like something you see in old movies weighs at least 6 or 7 pounds. I'll melt out down last when I'm out of other stores of tin and I'm sure that some antique collector isn't willing to pay $15/lb or more for it.

[GregLaROCHE]

I have a really hard time smashing and melting most of the pewter I have. If it’s damaged, no problem, but there is stuff that was given to me, that I don’t care for, but it’s still difficult to destroy. So far I’ve always had enough tin. Now the wife is cleaning out the barn and says it’s time to get rid of most of it. I guess it’s time to fire up the big propane burner and say goodbye to it and hello ingots.

[contender1]

I'd do an internet search of the info on it before I'd melt it. I'd say it was a piece made in 1990, and limited edition of 1500 pieces,, with this one being # 737.
As noted,, it may be a fantasy character piece,, that a collector may pay dearly to own. (Think of what some of the Star war toys sell for from the early years.) A little time invested may yield a better value than scrap pewter. If not,, THEN melt & use!

[GARD72977]

She would help guide many bullets to target.......

[Tripplebeards]

That looks like one of the goofy statues you can buy in Wisconsin dells. They have Wizards and dragons with emeralds and rubies all over them. I bet you it’s more lead than tin if you test it...if it even is pewter. I would have never bought it because it’s not marked pewter. Reminds me of the old “pewter” ducks “not marked pewter” I have with the gold inscribing on them I got for $1 and $4 dollars that weigh a couple pounds each. I’d melt it for $40...if it is pewter. If it was really pewter you could double your money if melted it down into ignots which is more then imo you would sell it for the way it is. It’s worth a try to Google it on eBay. People sell everything on there. It will then will give you an idea what it is or is not worth. I would not have bought it since it did not say pewter. I stick to dinnerware items since most are mainly tin and no lead.