What to buy as a classic jewelry piece (Cartier bracelet, tennis bracelet etc)?
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Anonymous
| Suggest you do some custom pieces via wholesale jewelry. Go up to New York and make a weekend of it! |
Anonymous
Yeah those are really ugly. |
Anonymous
Chanel classic flap, black caviar. |
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I have a couple of van cleef pieces that are NOT the Alhambra--like an emerald and diamond band. They don't scream the brand name but the workmanship is great.
We're thinking of upgrading my engagement ring with an emerald from Van Cleef eventually. |
Anonymous
The thing about popular “herd” pieces are these are the ones that actually do hold their value. Like the Chanel double flap mentioned in this thread, if you needed to sell it, you easily could. You won’t be able to say the same of the tweed bum bag that are popular now. |
Anonymous
Right, but is the purpose of jewelry to buy something you can resell? |
Anonymous
The point of buying pieces that retain their value is to have the option. |
Anonymous
Any gold jewelry retains its value because gold has inherent value independent of the designer. Decades from now if you are that desperate or want to get rid of it you can sell based on the weight of the item if nothing else. You don’t need to pay for a designer piece that has been marked up if that’s not something you really love and want to have. |
Anonymous
The weight and purity of gold in most of the items discussed here aren't going to return much on melt value alone even if the price of gold hits historic highs. The scrap value right now (with gold quite high) of a 18k bracelet of the Cartier love or the same size is around 1400 dollars (and you can never recover 100 percent of scrap if you sell on gold value alone). A 7 inch Alhambra bracelet has a scrap value of around 450 dollars (I realize there's different variations with different amounts of gold and other materials but they all don't have a lot of gold) since they have less gold. |
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I have a ring that belonged to my late aunt. I have a charm bracelet that belonged to my late godmother. Both of these pieces have no monetary value, but the fact that women I loved wore them makes them priceless to me.
I have some lovely jewels to leave to my own daughters. But I am aware that I will never cherish those “valuable” pieces as much as I do that ring and bracelet, and it saddens me to think that my kids will most likely never truly grasp what those mean to me. |
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PP who owns both bracelet.
Totally correct on scrap value. But if I ever needed to sell my bracelets, I would go to FASHIONPHILE where I could get about $3k for the small love (Sorry iPhone capitalizes that on autocorrect.) Retail is 4250 now. Regardless, jewelry is definitely not a financial investment! |
Anonymous
Why is it sad? Your aunt and godmother left you something that gave you lovely memories of them. Your daughters will cherish things that give them memories of you. It’s the circle of life! |
Anonymous
Tell them! I have several pieces that I received from my mother. She shared with me that they belonged to her mom and I love them even more because of it. |
Anonymous
LV never full holds amazing value even when it’s beat up. I have at least 40 designer handbags or more and I buy investment bags that hold their value. Like my black birken with silver hardware. Easy 9k resale. I know I can get 6 figures for my handbag collection. I quickly intervened when my DH started buying me random overpriced no name jewelry pieces. Noooooooo! I now ask for exactly what I want and everyone is happy. |
Anonymous
Oh dear |