Our advice to resell your family jewelry without being fooled
Well -known refuge value, gold is sometimes transmitted in families.Admittedly, to weigh a ingot in his hands is not given to everyone, but sometimes we have been able to send you an old chain, a room or small jewelry.If you are not particularly attached, having them appropriate for free will allow you to know if it is not worth selling them.
Push a good door
Difficult to know who to address to show your treasures, which you never know too if they are in pure gold, or in pure knock...Since there is no label to guide you, choose shops that have a storefront and good reputation.Between the neighborhood jeweler and the big channels as a gold story or Maty, between a gold buyout counter and a specialist in the opportunity, the choice is complex.It all depends on your project.If the idea is to finance the purchase of a new jewel by having an old gold accessory rebuilt, or to raise a stone inherited in your family, opt for jewelry specialists, because these professionals will make efforts to thepurchase in order to sell you the added value of their work.But if your goal is to recover a few money, push the door of gold experts instead, it will probably be more lucrative, in view of the volumes they realize.Rest assured, these brands employ gemologists and jewelry experts.
The privilege of gold
The easiest precious metal to sell is gold, which has an official course."The price of gold has evolved a lot in the past two years and has reached a historic peak in August 2020, at 55.000 € per kilogram, "notes Laurent Schwartz, founding president of the Comptoir National de l'Or network.Currently, the rating oscillates around 60 dollars per gram of gold, or € 50.For 18 carat gold, the most widespread in France, the price offered at the buyout will be between 25 and 30 € per gram.The course of other metals, like money, is less but depending on the weight of the object, this remains interesting.
most.If the jewel is old or signed with a recognized claw (Cartier, Boucheron, etc.), its estimate will no longer take account of its weight.
Pinks to (re) know
To assess it, your jewel will be observed with a magnifying glass: quality, weight, state of the whole and possible stones, titration.The titration indicates the amount of precious metal in an alloy.It can express itself in thousandths, or more often in carats.An official drawing engraved on the object attests.Pure gold is classified 24 carats, it is punished with a hippocampus.When the jewel is in an alloy composed of 75%gold, we speak of 18 carats and the punch is an eagle head...In the absence of a hallmark or for other materials, experts will drop a drop of acid on the object to identify it.It's safe.
Treasures at the bottom of the drawers
If gold jewelry, even damaged or broken value have an obvious value, other objects deserve to be appraised: silverware, old coins, in particular the "5 francs sowing" model from the 1960s, Bijoux debris, coils ofgold thread, or furnishing gold leaves.Specialists take up to dental crowns, often made in precious alloys.Note that an alliance weighs between 3 and 5 grams, a signet light 30 grams..."There are lots of jewelry whose value is unknown: sometimes we discover the expertise that the big diamond of the grandmother is not one, when other trinkets that we were not carefulof a jeweler and an unexpected value.Every week, one of our customers leaves with 3.000 €, most were far from imagining going out with such a sum, "insists Joris Escot, director general of the Easy Cash network.
Good to know
Plan the administrative tax
Quotes and estimates are free.But once the case is concluded, the State takes a tax of 11.5% from the sale of precious metals (beyond 5.000 €, the tax decreases to only 6.5%).A limitation period of 22 years exists, but a dated purchase invoice must be submitted.
17.000 € the belt!
At Easy Cash, a person brought a family wedding belt, of Maghreb origin, entirely made of gold, his price amazed him.
Be vigilant!
The expert's opinion
Laurent Schwartz, founding president of the Comptoir National de l'Or network
"We are always surprised to see people bringing us old pieces or gold bars found in a house where they did work, hidden by former owners, without their heirs.Good surprises exist! "
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