Really????

[Brissles]

A while before lockdown I bought this bracelet - that' s just been aired, exactly the same thing. Well, there are two differences, it has a "new" tag attached to it, and oh yes, the price, a copper short of £80 ! mine was a lot less than half this amount !

I've tried to look back on my Orders, but the system only goes back to August last year.

I also saw yesterday that faux peridot rings were being offered at the price I remember paying for REAL peridots in 9ct gold back in the day. Also in a magazine I saw one company pricing "vermeil gold" - gold covered silver, in hundreds of pounds !!! the world's gone mad !

 

[donna255]

I know the designer faux jewellery like Dior or Chanel used to cost more than real gems and gold. But now even unknown brands doing that.

 

[Bea Frugal]

I’ve learned from bargain hunt that a gold brooch can sell for £30 but a plastic one can get 3 times more. Strange old world.

 

[maymorganlondon]

I’ve learned from bargain hunt that a gold brooch can sell for £30 but a plastic one can get 3 times more. Strange old world.

Too often these days precious metal jewellery only seems to be worth the value of the metal and any gems... nothing for the age and design of the item.
Valuation has devolved to the crooks who break up pieces and just go for the metal and gems.

 

[Grizelda]

So many times that old fart, Simon Wilson, says outright that his creations will fetch a lot of money on the secondary market, so keep the box. Do some people actually believe him?

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

When I was on holiday once I saw B&W necklace in an antique shop selling for about 3 times the price I paid for it!

 

[Brissles]

SORRY ! in my haste to get the thread started I omitted to put the jewellery I was referring to. It was this................ and despite it being actually very nice and I wear it a lot, I would never pay 80 quid or even close for it.

stretch diamonique bracelet Search Results - QVC UK

www.qvcuk.com

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

Gosh that’s got very expensive I’ve purchased similar for gifts at about £35 tops and one was only last year.

 

[Sazza]

SORRY ! in my haste to get the thread started I omitted to put the jewellery I was referring to. It was this................ and despite it being actually very nice and I wear it a lot, I would never pay 80 quid or even close for it.

stretch diamonique bracelet Search Results - QVC UK

www.qvcuk.com

That one is new to Q, is listed as new arrival so maybe the one you bought was a different one?

 

[Brissles]

Well, tbh to my eye its exactly the same - same diamonique tennis bracelet setting on jewellers elastic ! how much could that design be different ? except the price.

 

[Sazza]

The link you posted was to a 12ct bracelet but there is an older one of 5ct which sold for £30 odd pounds

Diamonique 5.6ct tw Stretch Tennis Bracelet Sterling Silver - QVC UK

Diamonique 5.6ct tw Stretch Tennis Bracelet Sterling Silver order online at QVCUK.com

www.qvcuk.com

 

[Grizelda]

When I was on holiday once I saw B&W necklace in an antique shop selling for about 3 times the price I paid for it!

What a cheek. I hope it stayed in their shop.

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

What a cheek. I hope it stayed in their shop.

Well I didn’t need 2!!

 

[Brissles]

The link you posted was to a 12ct bracelet but there is an older one of 5ct which sold for £30 odd pounds

Diamonique 5.6ct tw Stretch Tennis Bracelet Sterling Silver - QVC UK

Diamonique 5.6ct tw Stretch Tennis Bracelet Sterling Silver order online at QVCUK.com

www.qvcuk.com

Ok, I'll give you that. But I'll stick with mine - paying an extra £50 for another 7ct when they look virtually the same on the wrist, makes me think I'm glad I bought mine when I did

 

[Grizelda]

Well I didn’t need 2!!

How could it pass as an antique? Doesn't a genuine antique have to have been produced a certain number of years ago (150 years?). Anyway, I bet you were chuffed.

 

[donna255]

People come on The Antique Roadshow with stuff made in the 1960s and 70s, and they are worth a lot of money even jewellery.

 

[Brissles]

Yes, its referred to as "mid-century" now

I'll never forget many years ago when A.R did a few turns in other countries. There was one in Jamaica and some chap in a floral shirt pitched up with a shiny brown teapot - he was disappointed at being told they were mass produced and so worth nothing.

 

[Muttley]

People come on The Antique Roadshow with stuff made in the 1960s and 70s, and they are worth a lot of money even jewellery.

I was made in the 1960s so I guess that makes me an antique too but I don't think I'm worth a lot of money

 

[Brissles]

I'm sure to your family Mutty you are absolutely priceless !!

 

[Totally Loopy Lou]

SORRY ! in my haste to get the thread started I omitted to put the jewellery I was referring to. It was this................ and despite it being actually very nice and I wear it a lot, I would never pay 80 quid or even close for it.

stretch diamonique bracelet Search Results - QVC UK

www.qvcuk.com

It’s a nice bracelet and I know stretch is handy if you struggle to fasten it on yourself, but for £80 I would expect a catch!