Silver teaspoons, teapots, trophies, vases, trays and napkin rings. Silver objects have long been prized as a way of celebrating and commemorating.
And they're often handed down through the generations, valued as family heirlooms. Until that is, they're not.
While silver jewellery remains ever popular, these antiques are not as in fashion around the home as they once were. So what to do with the old family silver?
Joining us from Sydney is silver historian and valuer Jolyon Warwick James. For 40 years Warwick James has worked with Australasian collectors, museums, and auction houses. A former President of the Silver Society of Australia, he's appeared on the BBC's famed Antiques Roadshow and now runs his own monthly podcast, Antiques Radio Show.
