How to value gold jewellery and what should you pay? A short guide to valuing or pricing jewelry. This is about solid gold jewellery WITHOUT precious gems as gemstone set jewellery is a totally different...
Fake gold or real? How to test your gold. Here a few tools, techniques and tricks on recognizing real gold. Sadly, gold hallmarks are not 100% reliable, with unscrupulous people adding false ones especially...
The Balenciaga bag was one of the latest “it” bags to hit the celebrity scene and is now considered a classic bag in the fashion scene. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have them, Nicole Richie is a fan, Sienna...
A short word on the cleaning and polishing of gold jewellery. This is about solid gold and gemstone jewellery, not plated or costume pieces. It always amazes me how many people do not clean and polish their...
Marcasite Silver Art Deco Jewellery Jewelry A bit about Marcasite and Marcasite Jewellery. I'll endeavor to give a few clues on how to differentiate between old and new Marcasite Jewellery. Marcasite is iron...
This guide is your first step to saving money and time by NOT GETTING RIPPED OFF. There are plenty of other very useful guides out there which will explain the general rules of both diamond buying and ebay...
Some Jewellery Terminology Aurora borealis a rhinestone that has a metallic coating to produce sparkling colorful reflections Baguette a stone in the shape of a narrow rectangle. Bakelite Carbolic Acid and...
G'day ebayers! Some of you may have heard the many horror stories that abound on those current affairs programs on tv and be wondering to yourselves 'How can I protect myself from the fraudsters?' Well....here...
For uniqueness and individuality, designer/artisan/artist handcrafted jewellery provides you with something far different from the mass-produced jewellery genre. Here on Ebay, you can pick up boutique, classy...
Buying rough gemstones can be very complicated and confusing for buyers. This guide offers some notes which may help buyers purchase wisely. The recommendations apply broadly to most gemstones but we discuss...