Buying
Buying antique jewelry from Europe, from the US
Duties, insurance and why a video viewing beats any set of photographs.
By Our client team — Client service · March 18, 2026
Buying across the Atlantic sounds complicated and rarely is. We ship fully insured and tracked, and we pay import duties and taxes ourselves, so nothing is collected at your door.
Photographs flatten a stone. A video viewing does not. We take the piece to a window, turn it in daylight, show you the wear, the solder lines and the inside of the shank, and you decide with your own eyes.
If the piece is not right when it arrives, you have 30 days to send it back for a full refund, with return shipping on us.
See it before you buy it
Every piece is unique. One of our specialists will show it to you in daylight on a private video call, in your own time zone.
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