| It is easy to get overwhelmed as a first time | | | | this on almost every major financial site), |
| seller of gold. There are tons of buyers all | | | | multiplying that by the gram weight and then by a |
| competing to get you to sell to them. This can | | | | chart based on what karats the gold is. |
| make it quite difficult to make any decision even | | | | The craftsmanship and design of your gold |
| for full-fledged sellers. In the coming article I will | | | | jewelery is another thing to consider when selling |
| explain how you can work out how much your | | | | gold. It can have a huge impact on the price you |
| gold is worth and how to sell it to a legitimate | | | | get if you decide to sell to a jeweler or pawnshop |
| buyer. | | | | instead of a gold refiner. There is no question that |
| The first thing you have to know in order to sell | | | | old-fashioned handmade jewelry is of higher |
| gold is how much gold your item contains. You | | | | quality than machine made, so you can generally |
| can find this out by the use of karats. These | | | | get more cash for that type. |
| karats (a unit of measure that measures how | | | | If you don't have any gold jewelery that is |
| much gold is in an item) can range from | | | | handmade or well crafted your alternative is to |
| twenty-four (pure gold) all the way down to one | | | | sell to a gold refiner instead of a jeweler or |
| (less than 4%). The reason it can be so low is | | | | pawnshop. They will buy your gold jewelery based |
| that hardening agents like nickel, zinc, or some | | | | on the gold content of the item. You should have |
| other alloy are added during the smelting process | | | | a good idea of what that will be by following the |
| to harden it up. Otherwise gold is a extremely | | | | formula above. |
| soft metal that is worn down quickly. You should | | | | Just adopt the advice listed above and you will be |
| be able to find out what karat-age your gold is by | | | | well on your way to selling your gold jewelry |
| a stamp somewhere on the item. | | | | safely. All you have to do is do your own |
| The next thing you have to understand is how | | | | research into all the different options you have, |
| much your gold weighs. This is referred to as | | | | research all the many gold refiners or jewelers, |
| gram weight. The gram weight will help you to | | | | and finally figure out your gold's value. If you do all |
| figure out how much your gold is valued at by | | | | that you can get top dollar for your gold. |
| finding out the current price of gold (you can find | | | | |