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Silverware that we don't want.. it's actually silver, my DH wanted to keep it and shine it and all those good intention things. We had a shoe box full. I come home yesterday and he tells me he went through the box and he's getting rid of everything except like 3 pieces he loves. Fine by me, less clutter the better, but now what do I do with the rest? Garbage, donate, who would take this, do I recycle it?

They aren't a set, it's random stuff he snagged from different places, he's keeping a few pieces that he thinks are cool. I doubt anyone would buy them. They need to be cleaned.

Here's an ehow article on selling silverware

http://www.ehow.com/how_4532154_where-sell-silver-flatware.html

and you could always try craigslist

do a search first and see how much people have listed pieces of silverware before to set your price.

ok thanks for your help ladies

You should donate them to a thrift store that supports a charity.  They have people who will polish them and sell them.  And you'll get a tax deduction.

Selling them is quite a bit of work, but could yield lots of $$!  Try contacting a place like Replacements, people frequently look for pieces to replace those that get chewed up in the garbage disposal or get accidentally tossed out.

Does he know what patterns they are, or anything?  If it's sterling silver, it could be worth quite a lot, so I wouldn't go donating it to the closest thrift shop so quickly (if anything, find out what it's worth and sell it to a collector, then donate that money back to the thrift shop.)  Otherwise, I'd suggest maybe taking it to an estate dealer/consolidator, to see if they want to buy the collection.