Jewelry & Gems at Auction: The Definitive Guide to Buying & Selling at the Auction House & on Internet Auction Sites

Everything you need to know before you buy–or sell–gems and jewelry at auction.

A source of expert guidance to help you enter today’s fastest-growing marketplace for gems and jewelry. This definitive guide to buying and selling at auction covers both the unique risks and opportunities to be found–how to make a profit on yesterday’s treasures or find a valuable treasure of your own.

Entertaining, informative and packed with tips from an “insider,” this practical, easy-to-understand guide makes available–for the first time–detailed information on:

• What distinguishes auction buying and selling from other methods
• How to buy and sell at auction: The rules of the game
• What you need to know before bidding on:
• – Diamonds
• – Colored gemstones
• – Pearls
• – Gold and platinum
• Design and style: Great jewelry periods and great jewelers
• Special concerns when buying and selling on Internet auction sites
• How to avoid the pitfalls when buying and selling at auction
• What auctions do guarantee, and how to protect yourself against what they don’t
• … and much more.

With comprehensive price charts and auction results, as well as resource information on auction houses and websites, Jewelry & Gems at Auction is a book no potential auction buyer or seller can afford to be without.