On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:49:26 -0800 (PST), Gary Baldi put finger to
keyboard and typed:

On Dec 30, 1:39*pm, "tim...." wrote:

I really can't understand why someone with some jewellery to sell doesn't
just go into a local jewellers and see what they will pay first.

tim

My mother-in-law went into 2 local jewellers to value an early 19th
century 22ct ring (a big bugger too) plus diamond that she'd had
bequeathed to her about 50 years ago.

One said £307, one said £312.

She said to the one offering £312, ok, I'll take it..........at which
point she was advised that the scrap value was about £40 and that's
all they would pay.

The second one repeated this except said £35.

Local jewellers are not paragons of virtue, trust me........

When most people ask for a valuation, what they most commonly need it
for is for insurance purposes. And in that case, the value that
matters is what it would cost to replace it, not what you would get if
you sold it.

Mark
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