Tiffany & co bracelet

[#1]

My cousin was getting rid of old jewelry i stumbled across 2 tiffany and co bracelets and necklace. Does anyone know what i could get 4 it if its real? Thanks,

- Jessi <3

[#2]

Wow Jessiethediva! That's pretty amazing! My friend and her husband do a lot of tag/garage sales and have started to bring their computer with them so if they find something interesting that seems like $$ they can look around and find it's value

Pawn and Jewelry shops definitely wont give you the best price, although it is worth it to go and see what they say, they should be able to tell you if it really real and hopefully give you and idea of original price and current value, it would be even better if you know of a reputable jewelry store or a store that's partially new jewelry and partially "Estate" (used, old) jewelry. You can go on ebay and see if there's anything else like it, or you might find the exact piece. You might also be able to find a Tiffany & Co.archival website that shows past items and maybe price then and current value.

I'm waiting on a call from the friend I mentioned so I can find out if there's a certain website that she goes to in order to check out various pieces. I'll come back and let you know. But I have to admit my brain is out of whack, so if you haven't heard from me you can send me a PM reminder, okay?

I can't wait to find out about this, it's really fun and exciting, isn't it? Best of luck with this, We'll have to get in touch about of this. Hope you make big bucks, I'm really excited for you!

[#3]

Tiffany's expensive. You can try pawn shop or some jewelers will take them, if you want instant gratification. You need to know how to bargain (do your research, don't be afraid to push back, don't be afraid to leave etc etc).

Craiglist is very sketchy. Some of my college friends used Craiglist, and you cannot believe the amount of sketchy post and replies ppl post (that you sift through before getting something reliable).

Ebay is a much better place. I'm not sure how other places work, but I've been getting emails from Amazon market place and ASOS encouraging me to sell stuff.

[#4]

Ooo yeah, totally forgot about eBay! There is sometimes a fee to post on eBay, sometimes they have specials where they waive the fee for a certain time frame for their users, but you'll have to make an account to post any products. There's also a time frame your sale will be good for before you have to renew it.

The only real reason why I threw CL as a suggestion is because at least on CL you can name what you want for it. Pawn shops very rarely give you a decent offer, a radio segment I was listening to had folks calling in with their pawn shop stories and how much their product was actually worth/spent on it, and how much was offered and it was almost an insulting difference.

I've sold and bought stuff on CL before, clothes and furniture, never put your phone number or email (they have a random email generator option so your info is never posted outright), and go off of a person's contact. Always meet in a public place, bring a friend or relative with you during the transaction or have someone watching close by. Use good judgement skills, always!

Try posting it up on your Facebook, spread the word that you're going to sell the items and let friends help spread the word. You can even toss in an incentive of "If you refer someone to me and they buy it, I'll treat you to a $10 gift card to Sephora!"

[#5]

It would really depend on where you take it to or what route you use to have it sold.

Their signature heart and chain link bracelet runs $275 (it's the one most folks tend to have and can be customized with initials and state the "Please return to Tiffany and Co" phrase on the back). As this is a standard product and the most common in the line, it may not be deemed too significant when trying to sell it to resale jewelry stores or pawn shops. Not to mention if it is initialed it limites the resale ability to be higher than a generic piece of jewelry.

Pawn shops might try to low ball you because pawn shops are looking to make payments either way. They might offer someone $40 for a $200 guitar, knowing they're going to either make the $40 back in payments so the person won't lose their guitar, or not get payments, but then own the guitar, turn around and sell it for $140.

You might be better off trying to post it up on Craig's List or a local jewelry swap/sale forum, or even asking friends if they know anyone who may be interested.

Be sure the clasps are in good working order (they open and shut smoothly), the metal isn't tarnished or scratched, and if so, try to clean and restore them to the best of your ability, this will help with presentation and the overall sale. No one wants to buy jewelry that is dingy or dirty looking. Try offering to sell pieces separately, but then offer a bargain price if both pieces are bought together.

[#6]

I sell stuff on eBay all the time and it is a good place to sell, but you have to do your research beforehand. Try taking your pieces to a jewelry store to make sure that they are authentic Tiffany pieces. There are a lot of fakes out there, and eBay takes a really dim view of people selling fakes on there.

If they are indeed real, sometimes all the jewelry stores will pay you is the gold or silver scrap value. Now that gold is so high, it can be a significant amount, but the stores tend to pay only about 40% of the gold spot value. If you want to go that route, try to bargain them for a higher percentage, they are making money at anything below 90%. (Personal experience here). If you want to know what the actual scrap value of the pieces is, get them weighed accurately, then check the karatage (14K, 18K, etc). You can convert the weight to actual pure gold using this number (google figuring gold scrap if you want the whole formula). Then convert the weight to Troy ounces (the kind of ounces that gold is weighed in) and multiply by the day's PM gold fix. That gives you what the piece is worth, max. Then you can bargain from there.

If you are selling on eBay, you can see what other people get for the same piece by looking up a listing for your piece, then clicking on "completed items" on the left side. That's what stuff actually sells for. Then you have to figure that between eBay and PayPal fees, you only get around 85-90% of what the item sold for.

Sorry to have written you a novel here, but I'd hate to see you get way less than you deserve!

[#7]

I sold one of my old toggle link Tiffany charm bracelets about two months ago. It was purchased at $350 but I got $160 for it on eBay. It was in really great condition (the only reason I sold it was because it was collecting dust in my jewelry box..I figured it could go to a better home).

I imagine you'd get around the same per item, anywhere between the $150-175 range per item.