Guides
What vintage jewelry is worth, category by category
Honest value guides: what actually drives the number on a ring, necklace, watch, brooch or pair of earrings, and why nobody can price a photograph.
How much is a vintage ring worth?
The six things that actually move the number, and why an online range is worthless.
7 min read
How much is a vintage necklace worth?
Chains, lockets and pearl strands are valued in completely different ways. Here is each one.
7 min read
How much is a vintage watch worth?
Movement, reference, originality and paperwork. Why a redialed watch loses so much.
7 min read
How much is a vintage brooch worth?
The most undervalued category in antique jewelry, and how to read one properly.
7 min read
How much are vintage earrings worth?
Why a matched antique pair is worth more than twice a single, and what fittings do to the number.
7 min read
Written in the workshop
Everything here is written by the people who buy and restore these pieces
No stock copy and no invented history: if a fact is not on the piece or in its paperwork, we say so.
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