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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clutteredcloset49, post: 242075, member: 85&quot;]Clean them.</p><p>Dawn dish washing detergent.&nbsp; Very soft toothbrush.&nbsp; Then a liquid silver polish, and then warm sudsy water again.&nbsp; Rinse well and dry.</p><p><br /></p><p>No woman is going to wear dirty jewelry. Jewelry displays better clean and you want it to shine.&nbsp; You will get a better price if it looks good.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are better than what you have in Jewelry #1.</p><p>I suspect these are 1930s Chinese.&nbsp; Better quality jade.</p><p>[USER=1496]@Hollyblue[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>Have you sold online before?</p><p>Unless you have already been selling on ebay and have good feed back I wouldn&#039;t start there with any of your good items.&nbsp; Etsy is slower, but you set the price you want.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m worried about you putting some of these nice things on line as a new seller and not getting what you should.</p><p><br /></p><p>You say you are in Southern Cal.&nbsp; Surely there are many reputable dealers of antique jewelry.&nbsp; Find a few, go in start talking and asking questions.&nbsp; Ask if they buy outright or if they consign.&nbsp; Ask what their percentages are.&nbsp; You will find that it varies.</p><p>After you feel comfortable with a couple of dealers, then take some of your nicer pieces in and ask what they would price them at.&nbsp; Be aware, they will not give you what they will sell for, probably a third of that or a little higher.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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