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Gold Watches
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GinN | Report | 4 Apr 2013 15:38 |
My parents left two 9 carat gold Longine watches to my husband and myself, they date from 1970. We would like to sell them - we'd never wear them, nor do they fit. |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 4 Apr 2013 15:41 |
Have a look to see if there are any similar ones on ebay |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 4 Apr 2013 15:50 |
Have you a decent auction house near you, if so ask them what they might fetch |
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Kay???? | Report | 4 Apr 2013 15:53 |
Thats a good price most they sell secondhand is £350--£495 from a dealer or secondhand jewellers shop,,,,,,a stripped watch casing with no strap or glass only weighs a max on 3 grms,,gold today is down to £11-60 per gram.... |
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GinN | Report | 4 Apr 2013 18:55 |
Thankyou for your replies, they are much appreciated. I have looked at sites like ebay, but haven't seen anything very similar. I might try an auction house at Ely, but the commission would probably wipe out any extra profit. |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 4 Apr 2013 18:59 |
They probably were worth a fortune back then |
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GinN | Report | 4 Apr 2013 19:06 |
The woman's watch was bought for £92 in Dec 1970. They had them valued for insurance purposes once or twice, that's where they got the idea from. Might keep them a while longer, out of respect. |
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Merlin | Report | 5 Apr 2013 14:05 |
Look out for Specialist Dealers in Watches,usually in the Covent Garden Jewelry area.Or try Christies Etc. you can always ring and ask.**M**. |
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DazedConfused | Report | 5 Apr 2013 14:09 |
Merlin has made an excellent suggestion |
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~Lynda~ | Report | 5 Apr 2013 15:38 |
If you have any one man band jewellers, who sell second hand items, that are nearby, and you know others who have used them, take them there. They are ore likely to know of any specialist dealers, who may be interested in the watches. Last year I took a gold watch to be valued, and was offered a scrap price, the watch didn't work, and the scrap price was a good one, but the gold dealer liked the watch, and offered to tell me of a jeweller who would have mended it. The watch wasn't of sentimental value, so I took the scrap price, and I expect the dealer got it mended, but I was happy with that, but he was very fair I thought, he was a one man band. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 5 Apr 2013 15:55 |
Did Merlin mean Hatton Garden perhaps? That area is/was reknowned for Jewelers especially those who dealt with gems. |
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~Lynda~ | Report | 5 Apr 2013 16:06 |
That's what I thought Merlin meant Det, I know Covent Garden really well, and have never heard of a jewellery area there, but of course that's not to say there isn't one :-D |
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DazedConfused | Report | 5 Apr 2013 16:07 |
Yes I think he did mean Hatton Garden. |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 5 Apr 2013 16:09 |
Sad thing is that unless the watch is rare and therefore likely to appeal to collectors, it's value as a watch is likely to be far less than it's scrap value. Same applies to jewellery too. |
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~Lynda~ | Report | 5 Apr 2013 16:14 |
Look at us lot, all specialist jewellers, giving our advice :-D :-D :-D |
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GinN | Report | 5 Apr 2013 16:20 |
Thankyou all for your helpful advice. We have been to two independant jewellry dealers in Norwich, who both gave us the same advice - £700 the pair for scrap value, and thought the watches wouldn't appeal to todays buyers (mechanical and a dated style). Both said we would be unlikely to get more than scrap value at auction, but that we could try London dealers. There are a couple of places we could try there, one in the Strand. We have the original sale bill for the ladies watch, and both are in perfect condition and in original boxes. |
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Kay???? | Report | 5 Apr 2013 17:57 |
a ladies 9ct cased watch with a 9ct strap Longines is £370 . |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 5 Apr 2013 19:06 |
what about .................. |
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GinN | Report | 5 Apr 2013 21:06 |
Sylvia - I have plenty of heirloom rings and other jewellery from my great grandmother, grandmother and mother, which will be in time passed to my daughter and daughter. |
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