Sell jewelry
Gold jewelry and sterling silver jewelry, broken or whole, tested and weighed on the counter while you watch.
What qualifies
- Gold chains, necklaces, rings and bracelets
- Broken pieces and single earrings
- 10k, 14k, 18k and 22k, yellow or white gold
- Sterling silver rings and chains, marked 925
- Class rings and signet rings
- Charm bracelets
- Estate and inherited jewelry
- Dental gold
Most gold jewelry that crosses the counter is worth its metal content. That is the honest answer for worn chains, odd earrings, broken clasps and the class ring nobody has worn since school, and it is not a disappointing one — it is simply what those pieces are.
But some jewelry is worth considerably more than the gold in it, and that has to be established before anything is weighed. A signed piece, a period piece, or a setting by a maker collectors follow can be worth considerably more than the metal in it. Once it has gone into the melt, that difference is gone permanently. Sorting those out first is the part of this job that matters, and we do it every time.
The other thing worth knowing before you arrive is that a karat stamp is a claim rather than proof. Stamps wear away, they get applied to plated pieces, and occasionally they are simply untrue. We test everything — including the pieces you are confident about — because the alternative is taking a marking on faith and paying you on it.
We will also tell you when a piece is worth more somewhere other than here. That happens with signed and designer jewelry often enough that it is worth saying plainly: if the right answer is an auction house or a specialist dealer, that is what we will tell you.
How an offer is reached
- 1We look for hallmarks and karat stamps, and test each piece regardless of what it is marked
- 2We set aside anything worth more as a piece than as metal — signed, period or collectable
- 3We weigh the remainder by karat, separately, in front of you
- 4We walk through how the offer was reached, piece by piece
- 5You accept or decline — no pressure, no fee either way
We do not publish our own prices, rates or percentages. They move with the metal markets through the day, and any figure printed here would be wrong by the time you read it.
Common questions
- Do you buy broken or damaged jewelry?
- Yes. Metal content does not depend on condition, so a snapped chain, a bent ring or one earring out of a pair is worth exactly what the gold in it is worth. There is no need to have anything repaired first, and repairing it before selling generally costs more than it adds.
- Should I clean or polish anything first?
- No. Polishing removes a small amount of metal, and on an older or signed piece it can remove a great deal of the value to a collector. The damage cannot be undone. Bring it as it is.
- My ring is stamped 14k — is that enough?
- A stamp is a claim, not proof. A 14k stamp says the ring is 14 karat gold, but stamps can be worn to the point of being unreadable, applied to plated pieces, or simply wrong. We test every piece regardless of what it says, and we do it in front of you.
- What do I need to bring?
- Government-issued photo ID, and the items themselves. New Jersey requires identification for precious metals transactions and we cannot complete a purchase without it.
- Is there a fee if I decline?
- No. Testing and valuation are free, and there is no obligation to sell.
- Do you publish prices online?
- Only the market spot price of gold, silver, platinum and palladium, on our homepage — the price of pure metal in bulk, not what we pay. What we pay moves with spot throughout the day, so any per-gram or per-ounce figure published here would be wrong by the time you read it. The offer is explained piece by piece at the counter.
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No obligation, and no fee if you decide not to sell. Bring photo ID to any appointment — New Jersey requires it.