Jewelry Selling Guide
How Jewelry Is Valued — and How to Sell It Well
Written by our buyers, not a marketing department. These guides explain what actually determines an offer, so you can judge one — ours or anyone else’s.
SellingDiamondsGoldWatchesEstate & Antique
Selling
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How to Sell Inherited Jewelry
A step-by-step guide for executors and heirs — what to do first, what not to do, how to get the collection evaluated, dividing pieces fairly among family, and choosing between selling, consigning, and keeping.
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Should I Sell or Consign Estate Jewelry?
Outright sale, consignment, and auction compared for estate and inherited jewelry — what you net, how long each takes, who carries the risk, and which pieces suit which route.
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What Happens to Jewelry After You Sell It?
Where jewelry actually goes after a buyer pays you — refining, the wholesale diamond market, the estate and collector trade, restoration, and resale — and why the destination explains the offer.
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Where to Sell a Diamond Ring in Atlanta
The realistic options for selling a diamond ring in metro Atlanta — specialist buyers, jewelers, pawn shops, auction, consignment, and online — with what each typically pays, how long it takes, and what to watch for.
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Diamonds
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Does a GIA Certificate Increase Diamond Value?
What a GIA report does and does not do for a diamond’s resale value, when it is worth paying for one before selling, and how reports from other laboratories compare.
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How Much Is My Diamond Worth?
A practical explanation of how a diamond’s resale value is determined — the four Cs, the difference between retail and wholesale, GIA reports, shape and size premiums, and how to get a real number.
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How to Identify an Old European Cut Diamond
A visual guide to recognizing an old European cut — the small table, high crown, open culet, and chunky facet pattern — and telling it from a modern round brilliant, a transitional cut, and an old mine cut.
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Old Mine Cut vs Old European Cut
The two great antique diamond cuts side by side — dates, outline, table, crown, culet, facet pattern, the jewelry each is found in, and how each is valued today.
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Ready for a Real Number?
Bring your piece to either office for a free evaluation — we will show you exactly how the offer is built.