Best Place To Sell Jewelry is an independent referral service. It is not a buyer, a pawnshop, a dealer, an appraiser or a jewelry store, and it does not buy, test, grade, appraise, store or ship jewelry. When you call the number on this site or send the form, we pass your request to an independent jewelry buyer in New York, who makes any offer. Any sale is between you and that buyer.
What the site is for
The question in the site’s name, where is the best place to sell jewelry, has no single answer. A gold chain, a pair of diamond studs, a signed bracelet and a box of inherited pieces each sell best in a different place, and the best buyer for one may be the wrong buyer for another. This site exists to explain those differences in plain terms, so that you can walk into any sale knowing what your jewelry is and roughly what it is worth.
The guides cover how to sell gold jewelry, estate jewelry, diamond jewelry and designer pieces, the kinds of jewelry buyers and how to check them, and the rules that apply when you sell jewelry in NYC.
How the referral works
- You call or send the form with a short description of what you want to sell.
- Your request is passed to an independent buyer in New York, who can contact you by phone or email.
- The buyer may ask questions or ask for photos, and makes any offer.
- You decide. Asking is free, and you never have to sell.
The site does not set or influence the buyer’s price, does not take part in the sale, and does not hold your jewelry at any point.
Where the information comes from
The pages on this site state facts only where they can be traced to a published source, and name the source in the text. The main ones are:
- The Federal Trade Commission’s Guides for the Jewelry, Precious Metals, and Pewter Industries, 16 CFR Part 23, for what gold, silver, plated and diamond terms mean
- NIST Special Publication 811, for the troy ounce, the pennyweight and the gram
- GIA, for the 4Cs and its grading scales
- New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP), for the rules buyers of used jewelry follow in the city
- The 47th Street Business Improvement District, for the location and history of the Diamond District
- The IRS, for what it says about reporting and taxing sales of precious metals and collectibles
The site prints no gold, silver or diamond prices, because they change daily, and makes no promises about what any buyer will pay. Nothing here is legal or tax advice: for taxes, ask a tax professional.
What the site does not do
- It does not buy, appraise, test or grade jewelry
- It does not run a mail-in service, an office or a shop
- It does not lend money against jewelry
- It is not connected with any jewelry maker, laboratory, government agency or the 47th Street BID, and none of them endorses it
Brand names on this site describe what people own and want to sell. They are not partners of the site.
Who it is for
Anyone in the US with jewelry to sell. The line is answered from New York, and the buyer it connects you with is in New York, which is where the city rules quoted on these pages apply. If you are elsewhere, the guides still apply to the jewelry itself, and the questions page covers what to do next.
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