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...
Gold? Solid, Filled, Rolled, Plated? What do they mean? As a pawnbroker and secondhand dealer I would like to share some of my experiences in handling gold with you. There seems to be a lot of confusion...
Carat Karat Gold…What those stamps and numbers mean. Is it K or ct or just a 3 digit number? The ‘ct’ is interchangeable with ‘K’ for karat. I’m from Australia so we use ‘ct’ like most Commonwealth...
How to avoid Jewellery "Not as Described" or fakes. This is about unscrupulous sellers on eBay promising fabulous gold and precious gem jewellery and delivering junk. They buy cheap, barely gold plated...
A few trivial fun facts about GOLD. This guide is not so much about knowledge, rather it’s about a few little known facts and trivia about gold… something to bring up at a dinner party. For instance did...
A few notes and ideas on size selection of rings, bracelets, chains, necklaces RINGS... Buying rings and jewellery on the internet can be a bit of a hassle when you are not sure of your size. Use the...
eBay search techniques especially for old jewellery. I will let you in on a few of my techniques for find interesting and old jewellery. Some of these techniques will help with searches for other items, not...
How to try to avoid disappointment when buying jewellery or Don't let "occasional lemon" sour your eBay experience. This guide is really about buying solid gold and precious stone jewellery, NOT costume,...
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...