# How do I sell my jewelry?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-sell-my-jewelry/289057>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 8, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-sell-my-jewelry/289057 "2005-02-08T20:19:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![wisernow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@wisernow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wisernow)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-sell-my-jewelry/289057/1 "2005-02-08T20:19:22Z")

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Inspired by [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=301247):  
I have some new diamond jewelry from India that I would like to sell. I have been visiting some of the local retailers and none have shown any interest. The pawn shop that I went to said that he would not be able to give me a price that I was looking for because he would have to treat it as used jewelry. I do not have a sufficiently large circle of friends to go for a private sale. I thought I would try posting on eBay, but having read the thread above, although the stuff that I have is genuine(no conflict diamonds etc and I can get a gemologist’s certificate) I am not too hopeful because of the inherent distrust people have one unknown sellers on the internet.  
How do I sell what I have? Any ideas?  
After selling what I have I would also want to set myself up in this trade of importing jewelry and selling it in North America. How does one go about setting himself up in this business?