Discolorations & Scratches in Copper Luster

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So when you talking about condition when your looking at copper luster there is a lot of variations and discoloration on these pieces. Some of it might come from people trying to repair them a lot of copper luster you'll find has damage on it. I try not to purchase any of that type of ware because I don't like the damage pieces but there out there and there's a lot of them. So you might find that someone tried to restore a piece and didn't do a very good job and you'll see discoloration maybe on a spout on maybe of one of these pitchers. But is pretty common and then you might find just normal ware this piece right here is really worn and you can see the discoloration around the top of this right here. You can see there's discoloration and I can show you also up here some discoloration in this pitcher right here it's just a very common ware you'll see on the inside. And also around the rim here there's discoloration and it all affects the price of your piece. I can also show you where someone tried to repair this piece and didn't do a very good job and you can see the different color in the gold in the copper that they applied here. So this has been repaired and not repaired very well because you can see the discoloration, something to consider when your buying these pieces. It does affect the value and it will make a difference and how much you pay for this so discoloration is something to consider when your collecting copper luster.

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