How Do I Best Sell My Vintage Diamonds?
How do I best sell my vintage diamonds is a question often asked. You have a number of choices when it comes to selling diamond jewelery. There are a number of points to selling diamonds that one needs to know. Firstly that one never gets the full value of a diamond when selling it. There is a big mark up on diamonds and if you sell one the dealer or person you are selling to (unless it is a private sale to an individual) will also want to make some money when they on sell it, usually to another dealer. So it is likely, if sold to a dealer, that you will get around one third of the retail value of the diamond. Selling to a dealer is the quickest option of course. The dealer will pay you up front their price for the diamond. You will get the least amount of money however. Selling by auction of course may net you more but, by virtue of it being an auction and subject the bidding at that time, you may even get less. One can sell through an auction house such as Sotheby’s and this may be t
