Buying and Selling at Auction Does Require Some Work The Antique Jewelry Marketplace by Edward Lewand Buying and selling at auction requires an understanding and knowledge of the process, the product you are selling and the effects the process has on people that causes them to bid up items to new highs; and then when […]
Buying and Selling – Valuing Old Style Cut Diamonds The Antique Jewelry Marketplace by Edward Lewand (w/guest contributors) Over the last 20 years or so, old style “antique cut” or “old mine” diamond cuts have gained in popularity. Some feel they have a warmer feel to them and others feel they are brighter, but whatever […]
Buying and Selling Jewelry On-line By Edward Lewand For the past year I have noticed more and more people are buying and selling on the internet. Even my wife sells jewelry and miscellaneous items, everything from shoes and small “interesting” things (that I would have thrown out). She sells these items not for a lot, […]
The Buy, the Sell, the Public So Much to Learn, So Much to Teach By Edward Lewand So as a dealer you go out to a call on an estate to purchase jewelry, china, etc. The family is there, the daughter, son and the mother. Just your luck one of them is wearing a t-shirt […]
Antique and Estate Jewelry; Its Time Has Come By Edward Lewand, GG, ASA, AAA Over the last few years, having an interest in antique and estate jewelry has become a new trend. This may be due to all the TV shows or because it is feel-good jewelry; grandma had the brooch or a great aunt […]
Selling Your Gold: What You Should Know Jewelry, Gold and Precious Metals by Edward Lewand As a professional independent appraiser, over the years people have come to me to sell their gold. During the consultation, I would sort out their gold into what should be sold for gold weight and what should be sold as […]
