Looking for advice on selling jewelry.....

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#182
My experience is that if you're buying a new ring, the jeweler where you're buying the ring from will give a fair price for the diamond in the ring you're getting rid of. I've traded up twice, and gotten a smidge more for each diamond than I paid, but the settings were given back to me. Settings aren't worth much, if anything, used.

Now if I hadn't been buying from these jewelers, I'm sure they wouldn't have offered me anything for my diamonds.
 
#183
I would have the big diamond removed and pay the money to have it certified by GIA and laser inscribed and then and only THEN resell it. You will get much more for a certified stone and a jeweler does not want to tie up his/ her money in the wait to have the stone certified. Anyone can send their loose diamond into GIA and have it certified, it will cost you a couple of hundred max but in the long run you will get more for it. The specs are real important to know for resale and once it is certified no one will question it. It is what GIA says it is period.
 
#185
I'm thinking about selling my one of my wedding band from tiffany because it won't settle my finger some reason. I love it but I wanna get wider version. Anyway I never sell my jewery before so I need help on this....

Which way is the better far as offer price.

Online store like yoggis closet or just go to local store who takeing pre own jewerly and gives you cash?

I got offer price back from yoggis but not sure if they low ball me or not.

It's. Tiffany, elsa peretti platinum wedding band with small diamonds on it.

Retail price is around $1300 or $1400 and they offered me $385.

Is this average offer?
 
#186
I sold my Steven Kretchmer e-ring to my jeweler. I got almost the retail value. This was several years ago and I do think the economy had something to do with it. Could you use your ring to upgrade to something else? Might be a better way to go...
 
#187
My fiance sold an old platinum band with no diamonds on it and only got about $250 or so for it at a local store where they were going to scrap it. From what I heard platinum doesn't sell as high to purchase price as gold. But i'm not sure if that's true or not?

I think you may be able to get more selling it as a Tiffanys piece. The jeweler might be taking the ring as if he was going to melt it and use it?

But I've never sold jewelry before so can't really say.
 
#188
Hi, I frequently sell my jewelry and when it's a designer piece I sell it on ebay. You gonna have more money this way. You can put it for 30 days at fixed price and I'm sure you can sell it at least for the half price retail. Good luck!:smile1:
 
#190
Maybe some of you can help me out... I am trying to get rid of some of my old Tiffany silver pieces but I have no idea how to prove/convey that they are authentic (of course they are!) One woman e-mailed me asking for paperwork - who keeps the receipt from a $200 purchase for years on end??? At any rate, I am so frustrated I'm tempted to throw them in the garbage, but I know that makes no sense. Any better ideas?
 
#191
I sold my old Tiffany silver on Ebay. I didn't have any paperwork either. I think I had all the blue bags though. I usually just stated they were authentic and I had purchased at such and such a store in whatever year it was. I did fine fetching a really great price. No one asked questions but maybe they could tell from my 11 years on ebay and perfect feedback that I was ok. Don't give up
 
#193
Do you live near a Tiffany store? You can always go to have it cleaned and ask for a reciept and just add the price of the cleaning into the listing. That way the buyer will get a nice, clean, shiny piece and some paperwork that pretty much verifies that it is authentic.
 
#195
mrsswns said:
Do you live near a Tiffany store? You can always go to have it cleaned and ask for a reciept and just add the price of the cleaning into the listing. That way the buyer will get a nice, clean, shiny piece and some paperwork that pretty much verifies that it is authentic.
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That is brilliant!

To OP: If the previous suggestion doesn't work you can probably take a few good macro shots of the stamps on the pieces for the buyer. Or agree to meet them at a Tiffany store.
 
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