Have you ever wondered what that coin collection could be worth that is sitting in the attic or basement? Have you been spring cleaning and need to make some room in your house? Your gold and silver coins may be worth a lot more than you think. First thing you should check when going through […]
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Did you know that your old flatware, candle sticks, and holloware can be worth a lot? Silver comes in different purities; common purities include sterling silver or .925 (meaning it’s 92.5% pure) or .835 silver, .830 silver, .800 silver and many more. Although there are a variety of hallmarks, one of the most common […]
Current gold prices are hovering around $1700; up over 30% from this time last year! There is no better time to start spring cleaning and sell your old jewelry or coins. Items that are broken, mismatched, unworn or just laying around in your jewelry box are worth more than you would expect – you may […]
Many customers wonder why their foreign coins are almost worthless. Obviously, foreign coins with gold or silver content will at LEAST be worth the precious metal content. The issue is with clad (or non precious metal) coins. Even old foreign coins don’t have much value, and the reason in that collectors are not really interested […]
The good news, black diamonds are real! The bad news, they don’t sparkle, because they’re black. They absorb light rather than refract it. They are real diamonds, but they have a different structure. A white diamond sparkles because light comes in, bounces around in a predictable way, and is reflected out. The cut of the […]
Many customers ask us what causes Gold and Silver to go down and up. The answer is not very simple. Gold and Silver are traded on the futures exchanges just like copper, rice and pork bellies. On any given day, gold will trade within a 2% or more range. The prices are correlated to a […]
It is not a secret in the industry that the big boys are betting that gold and silver go lower. They are mostly to the short side. For those who may not understand, when a financial firm makes a “SHORT” bet, they are of the belief that the price will go lower, and thus they […]
The big day has come, you finally decide he or she is the one you want to spend the rest of your life with. You go down to the local jewelry store and pick out a diamond you like, and BANG! you get hit with the price. It is important to understand that jewelers mark […]
What do diamonds and clothes have in common? They both come in and out of style. Diamonds come in all shapes, such as round, marquee, cushion cut, princess cut, oval, emerald, pear and more. Currently, round and princess cut are commanding higher prices than most others, with marquee and pear shaped diamonds commanding the least. […]