Archive for the ‘Precious Metals’ Category

Value of a gold-filled jewelry: A reader’s question

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

Got this question a couple of days ago from a reader: How much is 15.4 grams of gold filled worth to a gold and silver place? Here's what I can tell you. A gold and silver place will likely give you less than melt value for your chain. If they're not going ...

So what about Italian gold?

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Commenter Marlene on my post on how to value gold jewelry asked this: Is 14k Italian gold different in price than gold in the USA? The answer depends on which gold price we're talking about. On the one hand, there is the retail price of the gold jewelry.  This is what you'd pay ...

Do mail-order gold places even know what they’re doing?

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

ChristianPF discussed how badly some mail-order cash-for-gold places pay.  The linked showed proof of a wide range of payments, ranging from peanuts to tiny peanuts.  While a pawn shop would pay $50 for a particular amount of gold chain, the three mail-order cash-for-gold companies paid $37.67, $11.50, and $5.70. But even ...

How much is that gold jewelry worth?

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

Pinyo over at Moolanomy asked whether Cash4Gold.com is a scam or not.  Cash4Gold.com will pay you for your jewelry based (mainly) on its precious metal content.  You ask them for a postage-paid envelope, you mail in your valuables, and a few days later you get a check and ride off ...