Offers, appraisals, timing
Selling
Selling is where knowledge pays most directly. These guides explain how buyers calculate their offers, which documents raise them and how to compare quotes without giving anything away.
The guides
Selling gold, watches, diamonds and jewelry
How to sell gold without being shortchanged, where to sell a luxury watch, what buyers really pay for in diamonds and jewelry, and the difference between an appraisal and an offer.
Spot price, purity, percentage
How to Sell Gold Without Getting Shortchanged
How gold buyers calculate their offers, how to work out your own number from the live spot price, which buyers pay most for which items and the six tricks to watch for.
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Dealer, consignment, auction, private
Selling a Luxury Watch: Where and How
The four ways to sell a luxury watch compared by price, speed and risk, how dealers calculate offers, what raises them, what to prepare and how to avoid the scams that target watch sellers.
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Stones, metal, signature
Selling Diamonds and Jewelry: What Buyers Pay For
Why a diamond ring sells for a fraction of its price, how buyers value the stone, the metal and the name separately, which pieces are worth more than their parts and how to get the most from each.
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Two numbers, two purposes
Appraisal Value vs. Offer Value
Why an appraisal says one number and a buyer says another: replacement value, fair market value, liquidation value and wholesale, who produces each figure, what each is for and which one you should expect when selling.
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Gold Calculator
Calculate the fine metal value of gold, silver, platinum or palladium jewelry, coins and scrap from the live spot price: weight, purity, currency, and what buyers typically pay.
Live spot price
Gold Calculator
Calculate the fine metal value of gold, silver, platinum or palladium jewelry, coins and scrap from the live spot price: weight, purity, currency, and what buyers typically pay.
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Gold Calculator
Calculate the fine metal value of gold, silver, platinum or palladium jewelry, coins and scrap from the live spot price: weight, purity, currency, and what buyers typically pay.
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Sell gold jewelry, coins, bars, dental gold or scrap gold. Describe the pieces, get a valuation range calculated from the live spot price, and receive offers from vetted precious metal buyers.
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