Most of these alloys were combinations like copper-silver or silver-gold and used with so-called hard soldering. That’s a technique still used today to join precious and semi-precious metals ...

39.5 x 27 cm., 15½ x 10⅝ in.

To those who swore off semi-precious silver last summer it's time to rue the day: Silver has rather quietly staged a more than 20% rally since the beginning of 2012. According to Michael Purves ...