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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheOLdGuy, post: 114684, member: 878&quot;]There are many places that advertise, encouraging you to bring in your gold, silver and jewelry for &quot;the best price in Town.&quot; One I visited gave me an oral value, walked to his desk wrote on &quot;something&quot;, turned back and handed me a check. I apologized for the confusion (((((HIS!))) and told him I would come back when ready to sell.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I have a big advantage. <u>I look my age</u>, which is, I believe, more than a few years beyond the average member here. So when I walked into the last three jewelry stores I had never previously visited, I.......<i>shuffled</i>.....<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />.....over... to.....the....counter, stood there with a hound dog face and intimated I might have&nbsp; to use the rest room. When they turned and asked how they could help, i said I was just trying to find the value of an emerald ring. &quot;I think it&#039;s one carat, maybe Colombian, with just a slight inclusion; the side diamonds are probably less than 1/2 each; and the gold is 18K -- I think.</p><p><br /></p><p>Two of those jewelers were exceptionally polite. One took me in the back to show how they weighed, measured, etc. The other introduced me to a coworker who, she said, was more experienced. She proved to be.</p><p><br /></p><p>The third was the owner who did have another person behind the counter - likely his wife - who kept interrupting with unrelated questions, etc., but he was still very cordial and helpful.</p><p><br /></p><p>All three gave me facts, expert opinions and a &quot;ballpark&quot; value. The &quot;more experienced&quot; one, a lady, told me it might be best to sell it on eBay. &quot;No jeweler was going to add another piece to the thousands already in the store and offer me as much as they would pay any of their wholesalers.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>None could confirm origin of the emerald.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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