Many people interested in selling their old gold jewelry and other gold scrap are not sure what they should send in and what they shouldn’t. They have questions about if a particular piece of jewelry or a knick knack has enough gold to be worth selling or if they should try to find another means to sell it. In order to really know if a particular piece of gold has value to a gold buyer; an understanding of gold markings and its associated purity is needed. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Many of us who own watches sometimes forget the kind of work that goes into assembling them. Many of the world’s top watches might include hundreds of parts, all precisely assembled into one working machine that provides consistent time keeping, as well as a variety of other features. Let’s face it – even the cheap, over-the-counter watches we buy these days can be like wrist-top computers. [Read the rest of this entry...]

On the surface level, this is an easy question to answer: rich people sell platinum because platinum is valuable and that gives them money. But it’s not a dumb question, so it doesn’t deserve a dumb response. After all, why would rich people sell platinum, especially since it is such a rare and valuable thing to acquire in the first place? Isn’t it hard enough to get platinum for your jewelry? Why sell it right back? [Read the rest of this entry...]

When you’re looking for them, precious metals are everywhere. If you’re married, you’re probably wearing a gold band around your ring finger. If you’re reading this on a computer, you’re using electronics that frequently employ precious metals. Heck, if you’re just sitting there, there’s a chance you already have gold in one of your teeth. [Read the rest of this entry...]