It won’t be long before the holiday season’s here and you’re a little short. How can you come up with some fast money to ensure your budget covers your shopping list? We’ve got a few ideas: 1) Give up what you don’t need to give you what you do. That might sound confusing, but it…
If you take a look at the new fall jewelry trends, you might think that nothing you own is going to be cutting-edge. Everything is so BIG—big chokers, earrings, brooches—so big you might as well not even worry about the clothes you’re wearing, because nobody’s even going to notice them. If you’re looking for something…
The beautiful thing about jewelry that never goes out of style is, well, it never goes out of style. Those ageless pieces are exactly the sort of thing we keep our eye out for at Loudoun Jewelry on Maple Avenue, because classics are always in demand. Here are few to keep an eye out for:…
Last week, we talked about the liquidation value of estate jewelry, the price you might get for it if you bring it to a pawn shop in Loudoun, VA. There are several other values that can be assigned to your piece of jewelry: Estate value: the amount determined if the item will be taxed for…
People often visit pawn shops in Northern Virginia with a piece of estate jewelry and want to know what it’s worth. It sounds like a simple question, but it really isn’t. If you’re trying to sell a piece of jewelry, you’re talking about its liquidation value, the amount of cash you can get for the…
While platinum is always extolled, yellow gold has had a resurgence this year. And why not? The price of yellow gold has dropped thirty-three percent in the past two years, which means it’s more affordable than it’s been in a long time and just as beautiful as it’s always been. If you’re in doubt, check…
Everybody knows that gold is yellowish and silver is whitish. Right? Beyond that, there are distinctions that should be made clear and bear repeating, even if you’ve heard them before. For starters, there is no such thing as “pure” gold, at least not in jewelry. The purest gold is 24 karat, where a karat is…
Ladies, this is just about the best news you’ve ever heard, particularly if you have a jewelry box full of single earrings that have lost their mates. According to Bazaar, one of the hottest trends this spring is mismatched earrings. Just pick two of your favorite that you’ve missed wearing and pair them up to…
In 1847, the now world-famous Cartier jewelry company was founded in Paris by Louis-François Cartier, whose son Alfred took over in 1874. In 1899, Alfred’s sons—Louis, Pierre, and Jacques—took the reins and established Cartier as a worldwide luxury brand name. Not long after Pierre, the last of Louis-Francois’s three grandsons, died, the great grandchildren sold…
For more and more couples, traditional gold or diamond-and-gold wedding bands aren’t reflective of their unique relationships. For second marriages, many couples even eschew the engagement ring, which allows for more freedom in choosing wedding bands because they aren’t restricted by matching needs. Often, couples don’t even find the need to match each other, but…