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How to Sell Jewelry on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace
… gold and jewelry. Our gemologist buyers are friendly and professional, and our 20+ year track record in Sacramento means you know you’re getting a great deal from a safe and reputable jeweler…take risks just to make a little more on the sale of your estate jewelry. Trust your instincts. Keep diligent and alert. I’d like to make one final point. Most of the world is filled with wonderful people and every thing should go just …
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Gem in the Spotlight: Spinel
… regularly for the last century, whether it is with an heirloom piece of jewelry or something found at the beach, what many people have believed to be a ruby for years turned out to be spinel. While modern technology and gemological … used hundreds of years ago in early compasses. You may even know this gem by its more common name “lodestone” which meant “leading stone,” but you may not have known that lodestone is a form of spinel. Spinel is believed to possess …
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How to Value Inherited Jewelry
…the item, the photo in the ad, and a million more factors the seller may only find a buyer willing to pay $800. This does not change the jewelry value. It simply means that the current owner could only find a willing buyer at that price. …on how much it would cost to replace the jewelry item with a new one. It is not the value of the jewelry itself, but what a new jewelry item like the piece would cost. As a classic example, under a replacement price standard of value a …
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Gem in the Spotlight: Morganite
… is a relatively new addition with its first recorded discovery occurring in California in the early 1900s. This means you won’t find any tales of ancient kings wearing Morganite on their crowns or other such legends. Morganite’s lore and… for everyday wear, and it can be worn as rings, pendants, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, pins, brooches, or whatever else you can think of. Morganite is considered very affordable, especially allowing for its rarity. But, it may be hard…
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Laser Jewelry Repair
… back into their life. Jewelry is a very personal item in our lives sometimes monetary worth has nothing to do with what gives it value. Now some basics, what is a laser? LASER is an acronym for “Light Amplification by the Stimulated … a sharp, focused light beam. The benefit of the laser is that very little heat is generated at the weld point. This means the heat will not damage the surrounding area. The jewelry’s intricate design and gems which are heat sensitive are…
