Best place to sell old jewelry?

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Recently I was given a woman's 14k gold wedding ring set as a donation to my Marathon fundraising efforts. While I know enough to know that those web sites like cash4gold and the like are total scams and should be avoided in favor of just about anything else, I'm not sure what that anything else should be.

Does anyone have recommendations for the best places to go to deal with such things? If specifics are relevant, the band has a braid pattern and the other ring has what appear to be two small diamond chips flanking a purple gem (amethyst maybe?). I haven't the slightest idea what the value might be.

(PS: If anyone else wants to donate their ex's jewelry, you are most welcome to, though direct credit card contributions on the web site are much easier. :)

Comments

[perich.livejournal.com]

The "junk store" on Elm Street (I don't know what else to call them) between Sligo and Cristo's Pizza posts the price they'll pay for gold every day on a whiteboard near the door.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Ooh, good eye! I will definitely check with the jeweler above before selling, but I might as well stop into the nearest option for comparison's sake.

[ron_newman]

You mean La Chic Boutique ? I'm wondering why they have to close when it rains. (The web page currently says "CLosed on Wed Feb 24th Weather.")

Here's an old post about the store.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Okay, that's weird, but useful to know so that I don't bother today, anyway.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

Maybe they drive in from somewhere where there was massive snow predicted?

[artguychris.livejournal.com]

I recently sold a pile of silver coins. La Chic was paying more $/oz than a few other buyers I found. Still no where near the 90-95% of spot price that Snoopymel mentions below.