The Difference Between A Collector And The Jewelry Investor

The difference between a collector and the Jewelry Investor is that the Jewelry investor has to exit at a certain point, having entered the market with a plan to exit at the right time. Knowing the Right time to buy and sell Jewelry is the key here and this involves understanding some basic principles outlined in How to Invest Money in Jewelry.

Just like in the business of Buying Gold, the timing to enter and exit can mean everything, and is determined by a number of complex factors, one of which includes Market Intelligence, that involves knowledge of the Jewelry market.

Market, is the business side of Antique Jewelry Investing, and includes basic understanding of world economics, geopolitical economics, for instance, one would factor in political instability, (instability in South Africa is probably going to affect the diamond prices world wide and so on...)

Because often the Jewelry purchased by Antique Jewelry Investors, is made of gold, and because Antique Gold jewelry is often comprised of 18 karat gold, then it makes sense, to get aquatinted with the gold facts.

The difference between a collector and the investor in a nutshell; you are a collector as long as you intend to keep your jewels, and you are an investor the minute you decide that you intend to buy and then sell with a profit. Many Jewelry Investors, are also collectors and keep the pieces they are especially fond of, for their own collection.

Elizabeth Taylor was one of the great jewelry collectors of modern times.

Whether you want to invest in jewelry or collect jewelry, you need to develop some market intelligence before you depart with your cash and this is the reason we created this website about Investing in Antique Jewelry.

Nobody will ever tell you the secrets of the gem and Antique Jewelry trade, because there really are no secrets. There is only knowledge of the market and the more you learn about beautiful antique jewelry and Natural Pearls the more you earn.

So dear reader, this is the difference between a collector and the Jewelry investor but the one denominator common to both Jewelry collector and Jewelry investor is a passion for beautiful Jewelry.

Details of Image on this page:
Artist: Antonio Canova (Italian, 1757 - 1822)
"Psyche revived by the Kiss of Love" - Marble 1799
Dimensions: H. 1.55 m (5 ft. 1 in.), W. 1.68 m (5 ft. 6 in.), D. 1.01 m (3 ft. 3 ¾ in.)
Current Location: Louvre Museum
Department of Sculptures, Denon, ground floor, room 4
Credit Line:Commissioned by Colonel John Campbell, 1787; purchased by Joachim Murat, 1801
Source/Photographer: Eric Pouhier (May 2007)
Internet Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Psyché.jpg

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