Hi,

This is Oscar Morante from Portland Gold Buyers, LLC in Portland Oregon. I buy a lot of jewelry for refining. Here is my answer.

It is very unusual for diamonds to be set in silver. The reason is evident. The quality of the stone is associated with the quality of the metal. Thus, the better stones will be in 18K or 14K gold or in Platinum. 10K gold is usually associated with smaller and lower quality diamonds. Silver is usually associated with inexpensive stones or "diamond simulants" ( a nice way of saying fake diamond).

If you have any questions contact me at sell@portlandgoldbuyers.com. Below is a good video of a diamond acquisition I made some time ago.

Invest With Success: Precious Metals

For many people, the next logical step after they consolidate loans and work out a budget is to start investing. With the thousands of investment options available on the market today, however, many people find it difficult to build a properly diversified investment portfolio.

In general, a person should try to spread their money among a variety of investments. While the exact allocation of assets will depend on a variety of factors such as your age, income, total amount of money invested, and your risk tolerance. In addition to the standard recommendation for stocks, bonds, and cash, however, many people are starting to look into investing directly into commodities. Specifically, there has been a huge surge of interest in investing in precious metals.

Historically, precious metals such as gold, platinum, and silver have been a good way for investors to protect their accounts against inflation. This is because there is a limited supply of these metals. Because of this, these metals are typically believed to rise in value as governments and banks produce more currency.

Since an increase in currency production has historically been tied to a rise in inflation, precious metals are considered to be a good investment for anyone who wants their investment portfolios to rise along with inflation. Other investments, particularly cash and bonds, will typically decrease in value as inflation rises. The stock market has historically gone both up and down when inflation occurs.

Commodities are also seen as a stable investment. Because people who invest in commodities are typically buying a hard asset, such as a gold or silver coin or bar, many people believe that buying precious metals is safer than investing in complicated investments such as mutual funds or real estate investment trusts. Instead of putting money into something that few people understand, and that no one can actually pick up and touch, investing in precious metals means that an investor will actually own a physical object.

Of course, there are a few disadvantages to investing in precious metals. Like any commodity, gold, silver, and platinum are subject to sudden swings in their value. Historically, the value of these metals has risen or fallen nearly ninety percent or more several different times in the past several decades. While holding these investments for the long term has often been profitable, it is possible to lose everything by investing in precious metals.

It is important to note, however, that there are very few truly safe investments. That is, plenty of investment opportunities, including mutual funds, real estate, and corporate bonds, have the potential to completely lose their value. If a company goes bankrupt, everyone who holds shares of stock in that company now has nothing to show for their investment. It should be noted, however, that the market value of precious metals has never reached zero.

The fact that precious metals have never traded for nothing on the market means that an investor will be able to hold on to their investment while the price is down and wait for the price to come back up. Unlike other investments, gold, silver, and platinum will not become completely worthless.

Because of the advantages and risks of investing in precious metals, it is usually recommended that investors keep at least five but no more than twenty percent of their overall portfolio invested in precious metals. Keeping more than this amount of a portfolio in a single commodity is considered to be too risky for most individual investors.

If you are interested in adding precious metals to your investment portfolio, do a lot of research before making a purchase. There are many companies, banks, and investment firms that offer precious metals, and it makes sense for a potential investor to shop around and determine which product and price is right for them.

Omega Seamaster DeVille Gold Watch Portland

x,

I totally understand.  I would try to sell that gold watch as jewelry first.  You always can take my offer later.  What else do you have?  Maybe I can help you with your other precious metal items.  I buy all the precious metals items.  Gold, silver, platinum, etc.  We do also plenty of silver flatware. Keep in touch.

Oscar

At 08:35 AM 3/24/2012, you wrote:
 

Oscar,
Thank you for replying, but I would prefer to sell the gold watch as "whole" her in Portland.
Thanks, again and enjoy your day.

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 8:24 AM, Oscar Morante <sell@portlandgoldbuyers.com> wrote:

X,
 

Thanks for contacting me about the Omega gold watch.  I do buy those gold watches.  Those are hard to re-sell as gold watches.  I can only make you an offer for the gold content.  Let me know if that works for you.
 

Sincerely,
 

Oscar
 

At 06:36 AM 3/23/2012, you wrote:

 

Do you buy Men's Omega gold watches? I have a Seamaster DeVille gold watch, working order, from

the 1970's

Oscar Morante

Ph:  971-222-3435

Fax: 866-844-7009

Portland Gold Buyers

www.PortlandGoldBuyerS .com

534 SW 3rd Avenue

Suite 407

Portland, OR 97204
 

Buying Gold All Day

Call Any Time

Best Price in Town

http://youtu.be/l-nYgVIcRrg

Eternity Platinum Diamond Band

Diamond Platinum Ring

x,

Thanks for contacting Portland Gold Buyer about the diamond platinum band.  I am very interested in making you an offer.  Do you have all the paper work?  We definitely need to see diamond the platinum ring to make you an offer. 

I am very familiar with the ladies at x.  They estimate the value as precious metal jewelry based on what would it take to duplicate a particular item starting from the zero.  As a precious metal dealer I operate differently.  Just to make sure you know how we work on this, I make liquidation value, immediate cash payment offers based on the precious metal and diamond materials only.  No consideration for all the manufacturing, design, capital and effort needed to create the jewel.  It took a lot of work from a seasoned craftsman to manufacture that beautiful platinum diamond ring.  The issue is that it is tough to resell such platinum diamond ring.  Somebody needs to like it, and it needs to fit that persons finger.  It is a tall order.  You will find the same response from even the jewelers with respect to diamond rings.  I only deal with the precious metal materials as something to be recycled. 

Hopefully I can help you.  Lets connect Monday for this. 

Oscar

At 07:39 PM 3/24/2012, you wrote:
 

Hello,
I am looking to sell my Eternity Platinum Diamond Band. It was 
appraised by Pacific gemological Laboratory in March of 2010 for a 
replacement value of 7,700.00. The ring is Bead set with a total of 
19, round Diamonds. The stones are set into a raised solid etched 
gallery. The Band measures 5.60 mm in width, and weighs 7.24 grams 
complete. The ring is made by Varna Platinum style P19-E10.

Shape and Cut:            Round brillant full cut
Weight:                   1.10 to 0.12 cts each
# of Diamonds:            19
Total Weight:             2.09 cts
Clarity:                  VS1-SI1
Color:                    F-G
Porportions:              Good to Fair

Please contact me if you are interested in this ring.

Thank you,

x

diamond ring, platinum ring, sell platinum portland, portland gold buyers

x,

Great.  I look forward to the transaction.  Hopefully your son can be here during the business week.  Starting Fridays at 3:30pm, for silver, I pay spot minus x%.  I am sure you find this reasonable.  As a precious metals dealer, you know that most of the slam downs happen during the weekend.  I am available from 10:00am to 7:00pm Monday through Saturday.  I look forward to doing business with your son and you.

Sincerely,

Oscar

At 06:22 AM 2/22/2012, you wrote:
 

Oscar,

Thanks for the reply. Long story short. The silver belongs to my son who lives in x. I live in x and have been selling coins and jewelry. My son will be visiting me in March and was considering bringing down the silver to sell. For safety reasons I will advise him to contact you on his next trip to Portland.
x 

x,

I can do x % below spot on the 100ozt. Less on smaller items.

Oscar

I have (1) 100 troy oz bar from Johnson Matthey Assayers and Refiners stamped
.999 silver that I would like to sell. Can you tell me what percent of spot
price you pay for silver.

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Oscar Morante

Gold Investing 101 Class -  How to Invest in Gold – Portland

x,

I am glad you are interested in learning how to invest in precious metals.  Here is the link for signing up for the class.    The 101 class is this Saturday February 25th. In this class you will the basics of precious metals investing.  You will become very conformatable buying gold and silver coins and bullion.

http://portlandgoldbuyers.com/invest

I look forward to seeing you then.  I will announce the location Friday evening.

Sincerely,

Oscar

At 12:23 PM 2/22/2012, you wrote:
 

hi oscar,
my wife and i are interested in learning more about investing in gold bullion
coins. please let us know when you will conduct your next gold 101 class.
thanks,
x