Welcome to my February newsletter... already the year appears to have taken off! Can you believe we are into February already?

The precious metal prices continue to increase, quite dramatically in some cases. So if you have any scrap gold, silver or platinum, or anything else in the jewellery or silver world for that matter that you are looking to sell, now wouldn’t be a bad time. For example, over the last year the price of scrap silver in US$ has increased by around 260%!! Whereas a silver teapot and trophy a client asked me to sell a few months ago would in years gone by maybe have achieved $1,000 if scrapped, this delighted client received $2,600!

I find I am being given a lot of lovely jewels to sell, and one slightly more unusual one this time is a classic all 18ct white gold charm bracelet by Cartier. It features six various charms also by Cartier, with some Diamond set, in its original box. With an independent valuation at the time of writing this newsletter in excess of $35,000, I think it represents great buying at $18,500.

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