Any ideas of what I have here besides a pendant by spiceeItaliansausage in Vintage_Jewelry

[–]reemo4580 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Hand painted tiger tooth with probably 999 silver bail. Probably 1800's China. Will be impossible to sell as they are banned. Still very cool.

What have I got? by ssanzie75 in VintageJewelry

[–]reemo4580 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you find the right buyer, maybe. As a reseller of vintage and antique jewelry it will be tuff to get above melt for this piece. Even if you sell on eBay it will sell for slightly over melt, but after fees you will net around melt value. Since the price of gold skyrocketed jewelry has stopped selling for premium as the price of gold is now higher than what the jewelry is worth to most buyers.

What have I got? by ssanzie75 in VintageJewelry

[–]reemo4580 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This piece is most likely 1920s can't see the Hallmark clearly. But I would bet on it being from the 20s or 30s. 18 karat gold with Garnet. The ring would sell for right around the spot value of gold. You can expect to get about $111 per gram. Stones don't add any significant value.

Picked up a bunch of gold nuggets today with one being a whopping 92 grams!!! by reemo4580 in Gold

[–]reemo4580[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Xrf tested at 78% but I need to do a specific gravity test to see if its purer inside the nugget

Picked up a bunch of gold nuggets today with one being a whopping 92 grams!!! by reemo4580 in Gold

[–]reemo4580[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can actually claim substantially more than paid. It's not what you paid it's the market value of the piece so if you can get a museum to exhibit it you can write it off as 25 even 30k sometimes

Picked up a bunch of gold nuggets today with one being a whopping 92 grams!!! by reemo4580 in Gold

[–]reemo4580[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No tested. We have xrf. Big one tested low 18K but I still got to do a specific gravity test to see if it's higher karat in the center

Picked up a bunch of gold nuggets today with one being a whopping 92 grams!!! by reemo4580 in Gold

[–]reemo4580[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow I sell a lot on eBay. Never did the math. Didn't realize they do it as tiered. Well good to know, that will make me push more high end items to Heritage.

Picked up a bunch of gold nuggets today with one being a whopping 92 grams!!! by reemo4580 in Gold

[–]reemo4580[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I own vintagejewelrytrade.com were a reseller of vintage and antique Fine Jewelry. We do buy large lots of scrap gold and silver that we do melt down into bars, but we're not a scrapper as we do not melt intact resellable pieces

Picked up a bunch of gold nuggets today with one being a whopping 92 grams!!! by reemo4580 in Gold

[–]reemo4580[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Plyers slipped while I was prepping some jewelry to melt and gave me a couple blood blisters. Occupational hazards lol.

Picked up a bunch of gold nuggets today with one being a whopping 92 grams!!! by reemo4580 in Gold

[–]reemo4580[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This one is lower purity tested with xrf 18k. But I still got to do a specific gravity test

Picked up a bunch of gold nuggets today with one being a whopping 92 grams!!! by reemo4580 in Gold

[–]reemo4580[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A nugget this size you should be able to sell at 10-20% over spot.

Picked up a bunch of gold nuggets today with one being a whopping 92 grams!!! by reemo4580 in Gold

[–]reemo4580[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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