Fox Fine Jewelry buys jewelry in-person only. If you are not local to our store in Ventura, CA, please visit your local jeweler.
Should I sell my jewelry?
Pre-owned jewelry prices are significantly lower than new jewelry. Therefore, consider selling your jewelry if:
- You don’t like the style
- It’s associated with unpleasant memories
- You prefer to have the money
Another alternative is to reset your diamonds and gemstones into new jewelry! Get a 30% bonus for the metal to use towards the cost of your new piece.
Quick summary: Ways to sell jewelry
OPTION 1:
Sell to private party
Friends and Family
Tell your friends and family and you just might connect with someone! This is the best option to get the highest price. If you want guidance on setting a fair price, consider having a verbal consultation at Fox Fine Jewelry if you’re local to our store in Ventura, CA.
Sell Online Yourself
List your jewelry on Facebook Marketplace, CraigsList or Ebay, and post on social media. The costs is little or nothing. Expect to get a similar amount to selling to a jeweler, but for popular pieces, you may get a bit more.
For your security, we recommend meeting in an indoor public place.
OPTION 2:
Consign to Local Jeweler
The jewelry style is an extremely important factor in the selling price and how quickly it sells. Consignment is best when:
- The jewelry style is at either end of the spectrum: recently purchased, or antique (especially 1920's and earlier)
- The jewelry has a high value
- The jewelry is in good or new condition
- There is no need for immediate payment
Choose a busy, successful jeweler. Otherwise, you may lose months or years waiting for your jewelry to sell, and it may not sell at all.
Every jeweler has different consignment policies, so inquire to learn more.
OPTION 3:
Consign to Online Reseller
Online consignment options often net a similar amount to selling to a jeweler, plus you don’t get immediate payment. After paying the company’s commission, you’ll often net only the value of the metal, diamonds and gems. But in some cases you’ll get more, especially if the piece is a current style in new condition.
Examples of online consignors are: louped, worthy, 1stdibs.com, and therealreal. Fox Fine Jewelry recommends you research their contracts and fees, and read their reviews before shipping your jewelry to them.
OPTION 4:
Sell to jeweler, pawn, or gold store
The easy way to get immediate payment, typically a similar amount to an online reseller.
In most cases you’ll receive the value of the metal and stones - sometimes a bit more. Small, scratched stones have little value.
Jewelry Store
Best if your jewelry has diamonds or gemstones. For large diamonds or gemstones, visit a jeweler that specializes in custom design, like Fox Fine Jewelry.
Custom jewelers often pay a premium for stones to use in future creations. Other jewelers will sell your stones on the wholesale market; thus you'll get less.
Pawn Shop
Pawn shops are usually best for pawning and not selling. There’s one small exception: if you have a well worn ring in an older style, there is a possibility that a pawn shop would sell it, even in its worn condition. But even in these cases, the offer isn't usually much more than a jeweler's.
We Buy Gold
If your jewelry is in good condition or has diamonds or gemstones, do not go to a We Buy Gold business! Most will remove the diamonds and gems and purchase the gold only. Take it to a busy jeweler that sells similar jewelry styles.
Fox Fine Jewelry's 30% bonus offer
Sell your metal and get a 30% bonus for store credit. Offers are free and no appointment needed.
Fox Fine Jewelry buys jewelry in-person only. If you are not local to Ventura, CA, please visit your local jeweler.
What jewelry sells for more?
Most jewelry people sell shows wear or is an outdated style. These pieces are sold for the intrinsic value (metal, diamonds and gems), and are disassembled.
If your jewelry is in good condition, and is either a current style or an antique, you may get a higher amount. Premiums are sometimes paid for top tier brands such as Tiffany, Van Cleef & Arpels or Cartier.
A vintage style ring in excellent condition like this will sell at a higher price.
What stones sell for more?
Diamonds:
Natural round diamonds are the most popular and valuable, followed by ovals and cushions. Expect less for marquise and princess cuts.
Large natural round diamonds of a good quality are easier to sell privately than the vast majority of other jewelry.
Lab diamonds have little resale value.
Gemstones:
It’s common for gemstones to be chipped or scratched from wear. This reduces the selling price by the recutting cost. Often this cost exceeds the value of the gem.
- Highest value: Sapphires, rubies, emeralds, and alexandrites.
- Medium value: Tanzanites, opals, aquamarine, and tourmaline
Most other gemstones have little or no value.
Sell to Fox Fine Jewelry
Fox Fine Jewelry buys:
- diamonds and gemstones
- gold, platinum and sterling silver
- gold watches, coins, and teeth
- silver tea sets and silverware
Fox Fine Jewelry buys jewelry in-person only. If you are not local to our store in Ventura, CA, please visit your local jeweler.
Appraisals and Gemologists
Fox Fine Jewelry offers verbal consultations, which gives you information on your jewelry.
Written appraisals are done by our Certified Gemologists. Written appraisals are usually recommended only when selling very expensive pieces.
If you’re not local to our Ventura, CA store, look for an American Gem Society or GIA gemologist.
Certified Gemologist Appraiser is the highest level of certification possible.
Frequently Asked Questions
The amount you get from different jewelers will usually be similar. All buyers have similar expenses - not only the labor costs, but the diamonds and gemstones need to be removed, the gold needs to be melted, an assay taken and the costs of the refinery - it’s a lot!
If you’re not local to our store in Ventura County, CA, we recommend you visit your local jeweler. Offers are based on the gold purity (the karat), the weight, and the current gold market. Fox Fine Jewelry also purchases nicer quality diamonds and gemstones.
If you think you will wear and enjoy the jewelry, do not sell it unless you need the cash! But sometimes it is best to sell your jewelry. In that case, you can get money for any jewelry that is silver, sterling silver, gold (whether white, yellow, or rose gold).
Fox Fine Jewelry, like most jewelers, will also purchase sterling silver silverware, flatware, serving pieces (like tea sets), along with gold teeth and crowns.
The greatest value of your diamond ring is the center diamond, unless the side diamonds are particularly large, like a three stone ring. So let’s discuss the center diamond.
Is your center diamond a lab grown diamond or a naturally mined diamond? Lab grown diamonds have virtually no resale value.
If you have a natural diamond center stone, then the size and the quality will be the biggest factors. As you diamond approaches one carat size, and particularly towards the two carat size, the prices will increase quite a bit.
The size is combined with the quality. Warmer colored diamonds and visibly included diamonds (where you can see black spots or clouds of haze in the diamond)
In the vast majority of instances, the cost of a written appraisal isn’t worth the additional expense. Instead, if the buyer has a concern, consider allowing them to take it to a jeweler for verification, with the option to return it to you.
There are certain cases when you would want an appraisal. The most common examples include
- Larger natural (mined) diamonds, typically over 1 carat and a good quality,
- Larger gemstones that are of a good quality and more rare, such as sapphires, emeralds, rubies, and alexandrites, and
- Designer jewelry from only the highest designers, for example Cartier, Tiffany, Bvugari, among others.
The amount you get from different jewelers will usually be similar. All buyers have similar expenses - not only the labor costs, but the diamonds and gemstones need to be removed, the gold needs to be melted, an assay taken and the costs of the refinery - it’s a lot!
If you’re not local to our store in Ventura County, CA, we recommend you visit your local jeweler. Offers are based on the gold purity (the karat), the weight, and the current gold market. Fox Fine Jewelry also purchases nicer quality diamonds and gemstones.
If you think you will wear and enjoy the jewelry, do not sell it unless you need the cash! But sometimes it is best to sell your jewelry. In that case, you can get money for any jewelry that is silver, sterling silver, gold (whether white, yellow, or rose gold).
Fox Fine Jewelry, like most jewelers, will also purchase sterling silver silverware, flatware, serving pieces (like tea sets), along with gold teeth and crowns.
The greatest value of your diamond ring is the center diamond, unless the side diamonds are particularly large, like a three stone ring. So let’s discuss the center diamond.
Is your center diamond a lab grown diamond or a naturally mined diamond? Lab grown diamonds have virtually no resale value.
If you have a natural diamond center stone, then the size and the quality will be the biggest factors. As you diamond approaches one carat size, and particularly towards the two carat size, the prices will increase quite a bit.
The size is combined with the quality. Warmer colored diamonds and visibly included diamonds (where you can see black spots or clouds of haze in the diamond)
In the vast majority of instances, the cost of a written appraisal isn’t worth the additional expense. Instead, if the buyer has a concern, consider allowing them to take it to a jeweler for verification, with the option to return it to you.
There are certain cases when you would want an appraisal. The most common examples include
- Larger natural (mined) diamonds, typically over 1 carat and a good quality,
- Larger gemstones that are of a good quality and more rare, such as sapphires, emeralds, rubies, and alexandrites, and
- Designer jewelry from only the highest designers, for example Cartier, Tiffany, Bvugari, among others.