Jewelry Chatroom Board

Hey Shelly.. I have started putting the higher end pieces on Ruby Lane. At least when you make a sale there you can get a reasonable price for the item.

there isn't much selling on ebay unless you are a dealer that sells massive amounts of things, like packing supplies. It seems ebay has been taken over by the "mass market" sellers.

Hey all, don't know about anyone else but I can't sell anything on ebay no matter how much I cut my prices. I am thinking of just giving it up. It doesn't seem worth the effort anymore. I know my items are getting listed at the very end of the listings and that hurts sales a lot. I am not a power seller and at this rate I won't be. Here that Etsy is thinking about hooking up with Amazon. That could be good news.

I am trying to clean out a lot of my stuff: I gave a ton of jewelry to the local hospice thrift store and I am clearing out some of the pottery etc. as well.

well for what it's worth I am still around 🙂 I miss coming here and chatting with everyone.

Hey all! I do check in once in a while. Seems like we have been abandoned for the most part. Not selling much on ebay, it's like I have become invisible.

Hey everyone 🙂 I don't come here too often anymore either. Just a lack of time.

we had a great turkey day too!

well I am still here...sort of 🙂

I am not positive, but I think those earrings might be Weiss. Seems I have had the butterfly pin that matched.

Hello all! Haven't been here for a while. Sales are slow on ebay. Better on Ruby lane at least for now.

me too!

California has been so warm we didn't have much of a winter at all. We did see some snow the other day but it didn't stick.
Yes , I married him young so I could raise him the way I wanted. LOL

Hey Bee! We just celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary. Who'd a thunk it???? LOL

Thank you so much!

Hey all! I sent a small envelope to Canada and it cost me 7 dollars! I used to be able to ship for around 3.. as if ebay sales weren't slow enough now we have to contend with higher shipping prices.

Leon: I am sorry to hear about your nephew. Please accept my condolences.

doreen: no it wasn't me... sorry.

Hey Doreen: I want to list it on Ruby lane but I don't know how to price it. With no idea who designed it, I am at a loss.

well thanks anyway!

here is the back of the pin; it is as pretty as the front 🙂
http://photos.imageevent.com/leforme/ebayphotos/websize/peakingpinback.jpg

drat... try this:http://photos.imageevent.com/leforme/ebayphotos/websize/peakingpinfront.jpg

Does anyone have any idea who might have made this piece?
[IMG]http://i47.tinypic.com/2exye6p.jpg[/IMG]

helen: I have a lady that has "purchased" 300$ worth of stuff from my RL site, and I bet I never get paid. I think she is certifiable.

I think I would just send the NUHFO response. How insulting of them to want 50% off!

usually the winter is the best time for sales. I think on ebay I have sold like two or three items in the last 3 weeks.

wow, is it just me, or is nothing selling?????

JO: glad your surgery went well. Having a painful knee can sure slow your life down.

all the thrifts have gone sky high in their prices. I rarely go any more because of it. The Sno Line Hospice thrifts here charge antique mall prices for junk.

Gads, it was 107 here today...pant, pant...

morning! we are due for triple digit weather all week... yikes...

I don't know about anyone else but I am not selling squat on ebay.

Hey leon! we are sweltering here too. 99 today is forcast. I think these temps are why I like the fall so much.

Yikes, it was 107 here today.

I have a bunch of those plastic tags and I use those where I can (usually on jewelry), but where I can't I use the tamper proof tags.

Helen: you could get the tamper proof seals that are sold here on ebay. Put one of those on in a conspicious place and if they remove it, the backing will come off and they can't stick it back on the dress or the item.

well it is in the triple digits here too. I like summer but not when it is that hot. not to mention we are trying to get some yard work done and I really don't want the workers to get a heat stroke.

Holy smokes where is everyone??

ebay sales are pretty dead too. But the summer is normally a bad time for sales. Things should pick up in the winter.

Hey doreen! Thanks for the kind words. I use a 3D scanner.

they are shells and are called operculum or something like that; I don't think I spelled it correctly.

Please feel free to purchase any item you feel you just can't live without LOL

Amber: thank you!~

It isn't all that hard to find. They use the technique in jewelry and in things like dresser sets.

it is a decorative engraving technique.

Here is the link: http://www.rubylane.com/shop/fots

AMBER: yes I do.. .my store is the Droolery.

They seem to do okay depending upon what you are offering; you don't sell as much as you do when you list things for auctions, but when you do make a sale it is a larger amount, because you would put your best items in your store.

amber: no, you don't have to list a certain amount each month. You just start with a decent number and add as you go along. There are no quotas.

Oh great, RL is having server problems! Dang!

England.

my husbands sense of humour.

Does anyone know what happened to BIT? Back In Times....and what is becca doing?

can I vote for antiques roadshow?

Dang, I have never watched any of those!

did you get some type of tracking on the package?

I think it is "want to know when I will receive the article"

well really you would only have 3 R's, since zero is a place notation, not a number.

zeros and "R's" ?? 3 numbers and 3 letters? I give up.

If I had an extra 4 hours a day I would exercise: at least that is what I tell myself, but I am known to be such a liar to my self that I doubt I would really do it.

the doctor said it was to prevent shingles.

my doctor made me get some shot to prevent shingles. I never had chicken pox so I wondered about that. Sounds like something I don't want to get either!

I had a store on R. Plaza and never sold a thing from it. I do much better with Ruby Lane. At least you can make a bit more money when you sell something even if it has to sit there a while.

treehouse.

they are hor dourves.

well if the friends important news was she was having an affair with my husband, then I would pack hemlock sandwiches; otherwise it would be Roast beef on rye and a salad.

They are cut crystals with a real high lead content I think.

gold for me 🙂

oh, one of those open ended questions? LOL

gold or silver what?

no I haven't asked over there yet.

here is a close up for ya glitz 🙂
http://photos.imageevent.com/leforme/ebayphotos/maybehobesetcu.jpg

that clasp is original and I wondered about it, and was surprised to find it wasn't signed. I thought maybe Hobe?

I think they are fire polished

any ideas who might have made this set? All it has is the infamous Pat.Pend.
http://photos.imageevent.com/leforme/ebayphotos/websize/blackglassset.jpg

I have a whole box of Kincade xmas ornaments still in their original boxes... Maybe if I get them up real fast they will sell before the furor dies out.

Leon: I was wondering about the Kincaid stuff too. He painted all his paintings just up the road from us in Placerville. I didn't care for his work, it was too schmaltzy for me.. but I know that are people that just hyperventilate over his paintings.

yes, oil lamps 🙂 and some jewelry that I just can't let go of.

Things no longer worth collecting or buying for resale: Hummel figurines once sold for hundreds of dollars apiece, but the generation that appreciated these little porcelain statues is now downsizing or dying off, dumping Hummels back into the market by the thousands.

Younger generations have little interest in buying them. Most used Hummels now sell for no more than $75 in shops, with prices likely to continue to fall as more Hummels reach the market.

Other cute little figurines have suffered a similar fate. Precious Moments figurines, sold as collectibles, now have very little monetary value.

Exception: Certain rare Hummels, such as those taller than 12 inches or those made before 1949, still can fetch four figures.

Anything made by the Franklin Mint. The company sells a wide selection of “limited edition” coins, plates, medals and other collectibles, but there’s little resale market for any of it. Anyone who wants a Franklin Mint product usually buys it from the company when it is being heavily advertised. Franklin Mint coins and medals typically can fetch their meltdown value when resold, which usually is a fraction of the amount that the company originally charged (though today’s high precious metals prices have lifted those resale values somewhat).

Other companies that make and heavily market collectible coins and plates include the Danbury Mint and Royal Copenhagen. Their products fare no better on the resale market.

Longaberger baskets—handcrafted wood baskets made by the Longaberger Company of Newark, Ohio— became a hot collectible in the 1990s, with some selling for upward of $100. The company then began issuing expensive limited-edition baskets as collectibles. The Longaberger basket resale market soon collapsed, and today you would be lucky to get more than $20 for most of them.

Limited-edition Barbie dolls have been declining significantly in value. As with most other “limited edition” toys, these were toys in name only— most were never played with, just set aside as investments, so they never became any rarer. Meanwhile, Mattel issued so many different limited-edition Barbies over the years that few collectors could collect them all, and most stopped trying.

Exception: Early Barbies dating from 1959 through the 1960s in top condition still can have considerable value. It’s the modern ones, originally sold at high prices as collectibles, that are likely to be worth less than initially paid.

Thomas Kinkade paintings and prints were produced in such huge quantities that they now have very limited resale value. If you paid retail prices for these paintings at a Thomas Kinkade Signature Gallery—there were more than 300 such galleries in the 1990s—you almost certainly will never recover most of the hundreds or thousands of dollars you paid. Scores of Kinkades are available on eBay, and most receive no bids.

Autographed sports memorabilia have declined sharply in value in the past decade. Collectors are disenchanted as it has become clear that many autographs are forgeries. Signed sports memorabilia now have value only if they come with proof of authenticity, such as verification from an authentication company such as PSA/DNA (www.psaCard.com) or James Spence Authentication (www.Spenceloa.com).

Helpful: If you ask an athlete to sign something for you, have a picture taken of you with the athlete as he/ she is doing the signing to verify authenticity.

Vintage metal lunch boxes became a major collectible in the late 1980s, and by the 1990s, some were selling for thousands of dollars. But today, few lunch boxes fetch more than $100, and most bring much less.

Exception: A lunch box still might have significant value if it features a picture of something that is collected in its own right. A 1950s Superman lunch box or a 1960s Star Trek lunch box might bring thousands, for example—but that’s because Superman or Star Trek collectors want them, not because lunch box collectors will pay that much.

Cookie jars became a hot collecting category after Andy Warhol’s cookie jar collection was auctioned for steep prices following his 1987 death. For a while, collectors were paying hundreds or occasionally thousands of dollars for cookie jars that weren’t even very old. Eventually people figured out that Warhol’s cookie jars were valuable only because Warhol owned them, not because cookie jars themselves have any great collectible value. Today, most formerly “collectible” cookie jars sell for less than $50, depending on design and condition. Very few sell for more.

China sets are declining rapidly in value. Many china sets from Royal Copenhagen, Royal Worcester, Lenox and Wedgwood sell at half the price of new china. Others bring $150 to $200 at estate sales, if they sell at all. Sets with flowery patterns, including Haviland china, are particularly unloved.

Collectible plates featuring pictures by artists such as Norman Rockwell or LeRoy Neiman typically are worth less than $5 per plate these days —and that’s if they date to before 1980 or so. Those produced within the past 30 years usually have no value.

well, the 320 is the scrap value of the silver. So if they bought it for resale they could still make money on it. But if they are collectors of les bernard jewelry then it would still be a good price.

so what do you think would be a fair or reasonable price?

glitz: one of the values I got on JC was 320-350.

a lorgnette: hand held glasses. It was worn on a chain or ribbon around the neck.

I have been looking and I can't find anything either; do you think it qualifies as a runway necklace? though it is a necklace and a belt combined?

I know it wasn't very much, but I bought it a long time ago and just dug it out. So I honestly don't remember but if it was more than ten dollars I would be surprised.

just in sterling alone it is worth about 320 dollars...now I have to figure out how to price it.

here is another shot: http://photos.imageevent.com/leforme/ebayphotos/websize/lionbelt4.jpg

I could use some help on this piece please! It is signed Les Barnard...marked sterling, and weighs a lot! I need a ball park as to price, please. http://photos.imageevent.com/leforme/ebayphotos/lionbelt3.jpg

faceting?

mel: I have made some sales but nothing to brag about that's for sure.

Sotheby's.

Ivory. everything goes with it.

well spit! I can't do this question cuz I HATE chocolate. Too sweet!!!!

well I think pink would be a better color 🙂

Pink!

don't forget we are on Pacific time.

the show started at 8 and there was an intermission. Then we went to dinner 🙂

Just got home from seeing CATS. It was superb! If you get a chance to see it, do!

Some of the modular homes are outstanding... they have about 2600SF in them and that is enough room for most people.

The mobile home.. especially if it were a double wide or a triple wide 🙂