The Fools Gold

I took my platinum ring in to the same place it was bought to have it re-sized. I didn’t look at the inscriptions until I got home, but it now says 14k instead of 95 plat and it feels much lighter. I stupidly didn’t notice while I was at the shop. Other than taking it back and hoping they make it right, anything else I can do? I’m now worried that they also swapped my diamond without me knowing. Completely panicked now.

Ask them. Sue them. That’s heartless.

I’ve gotten piercings before but I think I may be allergic to the stainless steel. I usually always have to wear 14k gold in my ears (I got those pierced when I was very young). I’d like to get my lip pierced again, and was wondering if it’s possible to use 14k gold in the new hole instead of the usual stainless steel. Thank you!

Sure you can get gold in there! The problem is that the piercing parlor has to order the gold ring though which usually takes a bit of time and money. So with that being said if you have the money and the time then go for it! its definitely possible! All I know is that you cant use plastic to begin with, but gold yes. Best of Luck with your decision

beautiful ring w/ many diamonds in star/flower pattern, family heirloom, inside band faintly reveals "14k". I love CZ as much as diamonds, or glass; whatever. The ring is lovely and greatly appreciated. Should I have it appraised, for insurance purposes?

If it’s a family heirloom you might want to have it appraised for replacement value. If the ring is very old I would not think they were CZ’s as CZ’s were first created in the mid 70’s.
What I would suggest to do first is to take it to someone who deals with estate jewelry, and is preferably a GIA graduate gemologist. They can tell you if the gemstones are genuine, and the quality of the gems if real, as well as if the ring would be valuable enough to consider having it appraised and insured.
There are quite a number of jewelers who will provide verbal appraisals for free, but for insurance purposes you will need a written appraisal.

I have a friend with a pure white gold pearl necklace, 40+ years old. I also have about 23 grams of 14k gold I’d like to cash in.
1) Is white gold more valuable than gold gold?
2) What is 12/3/10 valeu of 23 gram of 14k gold?

First, 14 K yellow gold and 14 K white gold contain the same percentage of gold and are worth exactly the same per gram. The difference is the metal that the gold is alloyed with - that is all. No difference in value.
You can find the price of gold per troy ounce here:
http://www.kitco.com/market/
You can get the price per gram of 24K gold by dividing the price per troy ounce by 31.1.
Once you get that, the price per gram of 14K gold is 14/24 or 58.3% of the price of 24K gold.

I have a small wedding band made of half white gold and half gold gold(these are 14k). I also have a bigger 1970’s pimp ring which looks like gaudy swiss cheese(which is also 14k). I know you can’t give me an exact figure, but I’d like to have a basic idea before i sell it so i don’t get ripped off. If it isn’t worth anything, let me know. Thanks so much!

I pawned some pendants & rings. She said they’d melt it down.

Three months later I saw them selling it, as is, and in more than 3 digits. They’ll make money on it, IF THEY ARE SOLD.

I have some 14k gold to sell. One dealer offered 16.00 per gram. Is this a fair price based on current value of gold, or am I being taken?

$16 a gram for 14k is pretty damn good. I know in vegas right now alot of places are offering between $10 and $12 a gram for 14k. If you wanna know what the total worth per gram is you just have to do some basic math.

Goto monex.com and look at live prices, as I write this now its at $1,113 per ounce. Now to figure out the per gram price we have to take 1113 / 31.103 X the purity of gold(31.103 is a troy ounce, which is whats used in gold trading), which in this case is 14k so the purity is .585 which comes out to $20.93. Now $16 may seem cheap when compared to $21 but they must make some money also.

If your dealing with a pawn shop then they will resell the gold to a company that melts it down. They get anywhere between 90% and 98% of the $20.93(or whatever the price is that day) from the melt down company.

If you wanna do the math on your 18k pieces then the purity is .750 instead of the .585 of 14k.

I dont care about the money its just 14k is the amount i need to get to 79
i play around 3hours a day and sometimes 5
how long would it take to fish 14k lobsters
by the way i fish in the guild

A very very very long time, lobsters are hard to catch, and getting 14k of them will drive you insane.

I don’t want any cheap non gold or non sterling silver nose ring so please don’t refer me to costume jewelry type sites. Thank in advance:)

I always go to Empire Gold Buyers for anything to do with gold. I definitely trust them and they have a solid reputation.

My grandma ended up with 2 14k gold wedding bands from october 1,1922 during some sort of auction years ago, my mom is getting together old gold jewelry she doesn’t wear to sell and my grandma gave them to us. We then realized hold old they were, would it be worth more to sell them as jewelry or as gold?

You NEVER get much money when you sell gold jewelry as gold, it just doesn’t weigh enough and the gold is not pure - pure gold is 24KT so an item that is 12KT is only 50% gold in the first place. If these things must be sold try to sell them as jewelry.

I have a 24 inch , 8mm gold plated neckless and want to know how much it’s worth. It weighs approx 97 grams.

Gold-plate isn’t worth much as it contains next to no gold. Sorry.