Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

COOLTRIKERCHICK

ITSME... could you try change of use to stables for the cottage, or garage/storage? Brothal? ooo ye forgot think we suggested something like that before:A:rotfl:

ukmaggie45

Itismehonest wrote: »

Jewellery. Any idea at all what jewellery valued for insurance in 1995 would be worth if sold today? eg Something valued at, say £2000 for insurance then might be worth what when sold now?
I'm not a jewellery person & it's a box of stuff that's been locked away for years so I'm thinking of taking it to one of the Fine Arts/Jewellery auctioneers but would like some sort of idea what it might be worth before I do.

It depends on the jewellery, fashions come and go... eg 10-20 years ago Art Deco stuff was cheap, now it's flavour of the month. Gold you can always sell even if it's just for melting down, think silver similar. Can you give us some sort of hint as to its style? Precious stones mostly hold their value I think, but nowadays the old fashioned opals aren't worth what the fire opals are.

Condition is important too.

I never really was a jewellery person, but now I am enjoying wearing my Grandmother's jewellery since my Mother died. Gran left it to my Mum who didn't really appreciate it ("old fashioned" I guess). My Mum's stuff isn't to my taste on the whole - bit 1970s :rotfl: But in time that will come back into fashion, so am trying to keep it in hopes when I snuff it the girls will get something for it if they don't want to wear it themselves.

Sorry, as usual I'm rambling on!

Best wishes from wet Liverpool!

Itismehonest

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

ITSME... could you try change of use to stables for the cottage, or garage/storage? Brothal? ooo ye forgot think we suggested something like that before:A:rotfl:

There are 2 cottages which have already been ripped out & could be used as such. Planning insists it stays as a holiday let (2 week maximum) unless it's used as a granny 'annexe' for the main house.

ukmaggie45

Oh, Itsme, check hall marks for makers! Any Charles Horner? Often see Charles Horner stick pins and other bits on the antique auction game things on tele. Parents had Charles Horner silver jug of some kind with a cane handle, always loved it, they flogged it. But kept the ghastly Victorian stuff. In fact they flogged all the silver I actually liked and kept all the stuff I didn't. I don't think they liked me very much.

Itismehonest

ukmaggie45 wrote: »

It depends on the jewellery, fashions come and go... eg 10-20 years ago Art Deco stuff was cheap, now it's flavour of the month. Gold you can always sell even if it's just for melting down, think silver similar. Can you give us some sort of hint as to its style? Precious stones mostly hold their value I think, but nowadays the old fashioned opals aren't worth what the fire opals are.

Condition is important too.

I never really was a jewellery person, but now I am enjoying wearing my Grandmother's jewellery since my Mother died. Gran left it to my Mum who didn't really appreciate it ("old fashioned" I guess). My Mum's stuff isn't to my taste on the whole - bit 1970s :rotfl: But in time that will come back into fashion, so am trying to keep it in hopes when I snuff it the girls will get something for it if they don't want to wear it themselves.

Sorry, as usual I'm rambling on!

Best wishes from wet Liverpool!

It's a bit of a mixed bag, maggie. I'll copy my PM to alfie to you.

rhiwfield

Itsme, from what you say it appears some items should go in a fine sale, not a general sale, and if sold at auction, by auctioneers who regularly sell jewellery and have catalogues on the internet. For high value items it's essential London/International dealers get the chance to bid.

Try to get piece values itemized, so you have a guideline if you decide to sell privately rather than by auction or if you wish to keep some pieces.

The auction houses should identify any items punching above their weight due to fashion, quality or maker. But if the items are marked you may be able to identify maker and composition yourself (a diamond tester is inexpensive to buy) and whether that name/composition commands a premium. We've found that identifying the maker of a piece and including that in item description, can often add to value, and excluding it can likewise detract from value (we have just got compensation from auctioneers after they sold a high quality porcelain plate by a famous welsh maker for peanuts by placing it in a box of leftover china :eek:)

It may also be worthwhile doing your own check on values to compare with estimates. We recently approached an auction house re selling a pair of satsuma vases and got a disappointing estimate of value. But we had a hunch they were worth more and sold them via ebay within a day for 3x the auction estimate. They are now in Taiwan .

FWIW £1,000 in 1995 is now worth £1,628 after inflation.

pink_poppy

lostinrates wrote: »

Beautiful ~ I can smell them from here

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Well I had an 'interesting' phone call today, from someone who wanted to know a bit more about an item listed on ebay, put it this way he offered to wear it and do some cleaning for me:eek::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: as you can imagine I was 'piddling myself' BUT trying to be serious and professional on the phone..

Think I def need to get the 'specialist' website up and running

The boys in work were rolling around laughing...

alfie_1

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Well I had an 'interesting' phone call today, from someone who wanted to know a bit more about an item listed on ebay, put it this way he offered to wear it and do some cleaning for me:eek::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: as you can imagine I was 'piddling myself' BUT trying to be serious and professional on the phone..

Think I def need to get the 'specialist' website up and running

The boys in work were rolling around laughing...

me thinks a seperate mobile for replies ??;) :rotfl::rotfl:
premium rate ....:rotfl::rotfl:

COOLTRIKERCHICK

alfie_1 wrote: »

me thinks a seperate mobile for replies ??;) :rotfl::rotfl:
premium rate ....:rotfl::rotfl:

:D:D:D:D:D you must have been reading my mind:D:D:D

The thing is My house does need a good scrubbing:rotfl::rotfl: