Give Green Lake Jewelry Works a call ( http://www.greenlakejewelry.com/ ) and ask if this is possible in the first place, then likely take your rings in for an appraisal. We took a diamond that I received through family in and had them set it in a new band for me, and I know they are willing to work with you (since you only talk to the designers) to get what you want. Wouldn't hurt to ask a place directly.
Second this. My husband and I did our custom wedding rings here. They were wonderful! They were very gracious about getting exactly what we had in mind... they did 4 wax versions before I was satisfied! Highly recommend.
ETA: In case you're interested, I switched my icon to a pic of our rings (probably too small to show the detail). My ring is white gold, and I believe he had an old ring that the jeweler melted into it... not certain though, we kept it a surprise from each other!
FYI, white gold is just yellow gold that has been dipped. (rhodium I think?). You usually have it redipped every couple years if it yellows a bit.
Also i can't imagine you can do a straight across exchange at a store. They need to make $$ somehow... either by you downgrading the ring/stone size or you paying a small bit of $.
I would imagine it could be a straight across exchange since they would keep the gold. So as long as the rings we "purchased" from them were cheaper than the value of the gold or exactly even, it could be a straight across exchange. I know that the white gold is just mixed, but I would imagine that the labor would outweigh the value of the gold if they had to make it white gold, etc. Thanks though!
I think it's messed up you want to trade in some heirlooms your grandmother gave you for your selfish personal preferences. Does your grandmother know? You should just give them back and buy your own. That's me though, who cares about traditions and personal value these days...
Thank you! We actually didn't want to take them at first (because we wanted something different) and we're only taking them to trade in at her insistence. They're not the awesome old deco styles (like my engagement ring). They're huge chunks of gold from the 80's. And yes, we would like to wear something that we personally enjoy, not something that we feel obliged to wear because a relative gave them to us.
My grandma actually knows about what we're planning on doing and she knew that we wanted white gold instead. When we told her that she said that she still insisted on giving them to us to turn in for credit. My engagement ring is from the 1800's and is an heirloom and my apartment is full of antiques so I don't think you should pass judgment so quickly.
Jewelry for resale is only worth the weight of the metal. If you want to "swap" try a pawn shop because they typically both buy and sell based on the weight of the metal.
Jewelry stores add value in workmanship or sell things for their antique or worked worth. They might "swap" if the jewelry you are selling has any resale value, but probably would not, or would not make it worth your while.
It's not really my grandparents it's my grandma and her second husband who I didn't even know. Also, she was going to sell them to a jewelers if we didn't take them. If she didn't care enough to keep them and is giving the metal to us instead how is that being cold? This jewelry is in no way "an heirloom". Way to pass judgment on a situation you don't even my understand.
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ETA: In case you're interested, I switched my icon to a pic of our rings (probably too small to show the detail). My ring is white gold, and I believe he had an old ring that the jeweler melted into it... not certain though, we kept it a surprise from each other!
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Jewelry stores add value in workmanship or sell things for their antique or worked worth. They might "swap" if the jewelry you are selling has any resale value, but probably would not, or would not make it worth your while.
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