Always remember the 7 P’s.
Proper prior planning prevents piss poor performance.
You can’t imagine how many times this comes in handy with yourself and telling other people. It’s almost as important as doing what you say you’re going to do.

I’m going to list some pieces of memorabilia and their approximate retail value.




The champaign buckets were probably one of the most sought after items at our hotels. They were made out of silver solder and always had the name of the hotel featured on its side and the hotel logo on the bottom. Today one of these would run between $250-400. They make great trash buckets, planters, and of course wine coolers.







This cup and saucer would fetch at least $125 dollars





A shrewd buyer making her selection of crystal glassware, these should fetch $60 each if engraved with a name.



Menu Holder made out of silver solder (silver and lead) Silver became too expensive but remember it doesn’t polish up like solid silver. If you have a piece of solid silver replated it’s ok but if it were silver on copper with a new electro plating the silver coat is so thin that if you polish it too much the copper will show through. The value is according to the hotel it came from but with a window of $25 to $75 dollars.

All the dinner, glassware, silver would always be displayed in the ballroom and handled like a sale within a sale. Everything was priced.


Another group looking for bargains