Question by Daisy: What difference between gold, silver and junk jewelry ?
I have gone through my jewelery box for the first time in 20 years and need to know what is junk and what I should keep. I have an assortment of gold, silver and pieces I don't have a clue. How do I tell the difference and know what I should throw out? I have a few pieces that were gold plated and it has almost completely worn off, are they worth getting re plated or should I just throw them ?

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Answer by bundygil
Replating is not worth it. Gold is good, silver is ok. Some good old junk jewelry may have collector value.

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Question by Michael S: Anyone bought sterling junk silver (mainly jewelry) on eBay?
Just saw some eBay listings for scrap silver, looks like a lot of jewelry on some of these listings, and I was wondering if any of you had had any experience buying scrap silver online on eBay or elsewhere in jewelry form. Coins are a bit easier to identify as the real thing, but I'm curious if any of you have had any experience with any of this. I'd be tempted to buy for the value of the silver:

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=scrap+sterling+jewelry

I'm not at all interested in gold just because since it's worth so much more, there'd be a lot more people trying to pass off fakes.

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Answer by Mary Anne
Well, if you are going to buy then make sure the seller has a high feedback rating and has been a member of Ebay for a long time. By the way, if you want to know a way to get money back every time you buy something on Ebay, then send me an email.

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Originally posted 2010-12-31 13:07:28. Republished by Blog Post Promoter