Where to sell my "higher end" jewelry??

[Missrocks]

I am trying to sell my platinum and diamond vintage righthand right and my inside outside pave'' hoop earrings. The problem I come across is most of the stuff of craigslist caters to the "mall store" market. Both of my pieces cater to a different market than this. My ring is a vintage platinum ring, hand fabricated, with E-F/ VS extremely well cut diamonds, and my earrings are some of the finer machined pave'' styles I have seen. I don''t know if there is a better place to sell my stuff, that would cater to a market that is a little more concerned on quality.

Also I wanted to know if everyone would think a fair price would be half of what I paid for these items. I didn''t want to post pictures because I wasn''t sure if that went against the rule of "self promoting".

I also don''t want to do Ebay. ANY IDEAS??? Greatly Appreciated!

 

[Diamond*Dana]

Have you thought about consigning with Pearlmans?

 

[Missrocks]

Oh, I didn't know they did consignment. Off hand, do you know where they are based out of? Or what percentage they take? ...

Thanks for the suggestion

I just looked at their website, thats cool. I guess it would depend on how much profit they want. I will contact them. Thank you!

 

[surfgirl]

The other option would be to go to an estate/antique jeweler and see if you can trade in your pieces for something new (new to you!)...

 

[Missrocks]

Date: 1/19/2008 11:15:26 PM
Author: surfgirl
The other option would be to go to an estate/antique jeweler and see if you can trade in your pieces for something new (new to you!)...

Good suggestion, but I have already picked out the pieces I want at a specific jeweler, and I can''t get the amount I want for a trade in- which I understand, cause I imagine the store has to make a decent profit selling my traded in pieces.

 

[MrYoung]

You can try selling at auction.

Joseph DuMouchelle
Feemans
Christies
SOthebys

You can also try jewelry buyers.

www.circajewels.com

Consult your local appraiser for marketable cash value appraisals. He/she may alos broker- uses his or her connections/knowledge to find the best selling value and takes acontingent of the sold value. He/she CANNOT appraise when brokering.

Good Luck.

 

[mrssalvo]

Date: 1/19/2008 10:25:58 PM
Author: Missrocks
Oh, I didn''t know they did consignment. Off hand, do you know where they are based out of? Or what percentage they take? ...

they are in battlecreek, MI and take 15% of the price you and Bill agree upon. I''ve consigned 2 items there and it was easy and fairly quick b/c they put pics up on the internet allowing people to see it all over the world vs. dealing with someone local who would only have local traffic to see it.

 

[woobug02]

me toooooo ....it was easy... Bill and Jason are the best..

 

[Addlepated]

I would love love love it if there were a Pricescope shootoff that was for classified ads!

 

[Missrocks]

Date: 1/21/2008 7:09:17 PM
Author: Addlepated
I would love love love it if there were a Pricescope shootoff that was for classified ads!

AGREED

Oh, and I called Bill at Pearlman''s. He was actually very professional and extremely HELPFUL. I feel he gave me realistic amounts of what I could get for my items...although they little lower than what I had really hoped for. So since I still do enjoy the pieces, I might hang onto them for a while longer and debate about what to do...

Thanks again everyone for the advice!

 

[woobug02]

me toooooo WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[UCLABelle]

Classifieds on PS makes me giddy I think it would be wonderful!

For now, I would look at Pearlman''s, or try and sell it to a place like SignedPieces (they do designer and estate now)...

GOOD LUCK!