Here are the steps you will follow in order to Evaluate, Examine, Select & Care Gemstones. You probably don’t know yet what you are looking for and what you are not looking for. Don’t worry, just follow me through this: Read the rest of this entry »

When you are looking for a worthwhile purchase in gemstones and jewelry, take it as a rule of thumb that the ignorant and uninformed buyer will eventually be taken to the cleaners. So the only way to take the gamble out of the gemstones and jewelry purchase is to familiarize yourself – and gain knowledge of gemstones and experience in doing so. These are the only two things that count – money and reputation follow. Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s a good source of cheap diamonds, by which I mean cheap diamonds and cheap gemstones below or near dump value. Read the rest of this entry »

Seven days of the week, 365 days of the year, local newspaper carries classified ads, which, among other things, are with reference to sale of jewelry. Some of the people who place these ads in the Classifieds can be classified as totally desperate guys who will take almost anything that sounds reasonable (to them), while the others are those who are not ready to be the least bit reasonable, who think they have, like, forever to sell their stuff and will not take a dime less than what they think is the price they should get. However, the twist in the tale is that Read the rest of this entry »

Let me put things into perspective first. You have tried in your life at some time or the other to sell jewelry, or you have followed my advice over the last few weeks and really liked the experience. You felt like this is your thing, that you can really make stacks of money if you had a little more knowledge and experience in diamonds and jewelry industry. And now you are hungry for more. Read the rest of this entry »

All right, so let me paint the picture for you. You have got your stuff correctly appraised without any glitches. Now you go to jewelers to sell it, as I suggested in the previous post on Best Places to Sell your Jewelry. Now, this is the time when most people become careless and take things easy. The dishonest jeweler is like a wolf – he realizes it, and pounces on the opportunity before you knew what hit you. Now, I give you ways in which clients generally lose jewelry – take note and find measures to guard against them. Read the rest of this entry »

It can never be emphasized enough how important it is to guard your diamonds, gemstones and jewelry possessions against any kind of fraudulent practices in jewelry business. And it is also true in jewelry business or in any business for that matter, that there can be countless number of ways to cheat a person. Cheating is an art in itself, and so is the act of preventing oneself from being cheated. Read the rest of this entry »

All right! So we have the jewelry with diamonds and gemstones, we know what its worth, and now we have to find someone who will give the right price for our jewelry. Of course you are thinking nothing can go wrong now, but that’s exactly where you go wrong. Read the rest of this entry »

We continue our discussion from my last blog on All About Diamond Price and Value and come to the valuation of gold.

The artistry of the jewelry piece is practically worthless. So, first find out the weight and purity of the metal – gold, silver or platinum, in the piece. Read the rest of this entry »

This article discusses more details on Dump Value of Diamonds

So we have been to the Diamond Appraiser of the right kind and obtained all the information regarding our diamond jewelry that we required. Now our job is to find the dump value of the diamond collection. Remember me mentioning that Dump value is around 60% of the Wholesale value of the Diamond– well, that is theoretically. It is always good to find out the Dump value of your diamond jewelry for yourself. Also remember that we talked about not taking anything less than this for our diamond jewelry – well, that is the whole purpose of finding the dump value of the diamonds. Read the rest of this entry »