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Hello, new collector here just getting into. Was at a flea market this morning and saw two griswold big logo smooth bottom no 5s and one no 6 as well as a national no 8 with a star for 30 bucks so I barely checked them out and bought them in my haste. Now that I look closer at the griswold they appear to be played but it's hard for me to tell because lots of the pictures I've seen of plates pans are very bright.
Are these plated and if so will my e-tank bring them back to bare iron? How can plating affect value? Seems to be about 25-50% less according to BB. I only want to collect bare iron so if it's not advisable to take these back to bare iron I'd want to resell them, or the extra number 5 either way. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Hello, new collector here just getting into. Was at a flea market this morning and saw two griswold big logo smooth bottom no 5s and one no 6 as well as a national no 8 with a star for 30 bucks so I barely checked them out and bought them in my haste. Now that I look closer at the griswold they appear to be played but it's hard for me to tell because lots of the pictures I've seen of plates pans are very bright.
Are these plated and if so will my e-tank bring them back to bare iron? How can plating affect value? Seems to be about 25-50% less according to BB. I only want to collect bare iron so if it's not advisable to take these back to bare iron I'd want to resell them, or the extra number 5 either way. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!