Jewelry Investments

Silver’s Dirty Little Secret

With silver prices going up, up, up, you’d think that silver would be a stellar jewelry investment, right?

After all, buying jewelry as an investment is a good thing. Isn’t it? According to financial wiz, Suzi Orman, buying jewelry as a long term investment is actually not such a good idea. Her biggest point is that the markup seen in stores overrides the benefits of buying jewelry as an investment. She has a good point.

Silver jewelry demonstrates this perfectly.

There are several factors that go into the pricing of jewelry. And it’s typical for sellers to mark up their pieces 100, 200 or 300 percent of the cost to manufacture it, which really shouldn’t be surprising. But these other points just might surprise you.

Gram Price

PhotobucketThe most important aspect of silver jewelry pricing is the […]

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By |March 15th, 2012|Buying Jewelry, Jewelry Investments, Silver|Comments Off on Silver’s Dirty Little Secret
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Are Class Rings A Good Investment?

Some say it’s a rite of passage.  Others say it’s a way to remember high school.  Next to a letter jacket, it’s a status symbol for upperclassmen.  What is it?  A class ring, of course.

PhotobucketThe tradition of class rings originated at the United States Military Academy at West Point with the class of 1835. After taking a trip around some online forums where class ring discussions are going on, we found to no surprise, many visitors report not wearing their high school class ring after high school ended.  College rings seemed a bit different, more so for men than for women.

I remember getting my class ring.  It wasn’t cheap (oh well, I wasn’t paying for it), but it was cool.  I remember picking the stone color, the embellishments that covered the sides of the ring […]

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By |October 4th, 2011|Jewelry Investments|Comments Off on Are Class Rings A Good Investment?
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