The declutter adventure has been a little slow but it took a big leap of motivation last Saturday. In addition to decluttering my junque room I am also cleaning and decorating for Christmas with the assistance of Austin, my two year old executive assistant.I discovered some old jewelery during my cleaning and since gold is at an all time high decided to take it to the local jewelers Woelks House of Diamonds and see what it was worth. $529!!!! Wow!! That was fun and motivated me just fine. Naturally I took to the road and went shopping on Saturday and Sunday. Two craft shows and about 2o stores later I was in marathon mode for sure. True to my promise I only bought some sand plum jelly and peanut brittle. I'm going to have to hurry if I want any new Christmas stuff. :o)
The jewelry was nothing much a few rings and old pieces that had no sentimental or monetary value to me. You know, the kind you tuck back in the drawer because it's gold and too good to toss or has stones missing etc. Boy!! it's a good time to dig that old jewelry out and sell it.
Check out your sources for selling gold
My jeweler told me to avoid the compelling online sales pitches and take it to someone you know who will pay a fair price. He said one lady sent some in to one of those companies and received about $80 and after looking over the invoice - he said he would have given her over $200 as a fair market price!!!!eBay is getting some of the fun stuff
Found one piece that is going up on eBay. It's a 14k gold Seiko Noah's Ark watch. Kinda cool, don't you think?
Wonder if there is anymore old gold jewelry lurking in drawers or boxes, or cupboards..or or or.So my first project in the declutter project was worth $529.... And we are keeping track, so stick around the next week may get interesting.
I am so ready and motivated I'm probably going to be up til the wee hours digging, selling, and making some holiday money for 2009
