Gold charm bracelets have long been a symbol of elegance and sentimental value. Whether you have a treasured Pandora, Tiffany & Co., or another fine gold bracelet, understanding its worth can help you get the best price when selling. With gold prices currently at an all-time high of $3,000 per ounce, now might be the perfect time to cash in on your jewelry. In this article, we’ll go through six examples of gold charm bracelets, including their weight, purity, and estimated intrinsic value based on today’s gold prices.
Because not only are these bracelets made of gold, the charms themselves are also typically gold too. If your bracelet has many charms on it, the value of the gold can add up fast.
A lot of people sell gold charm bracelets because they are sentimental items that are really only meaningful for the person who accumulated the charms. Likely a gift from a partner, or a gift to themselves, the charms tell a meaningful story about the person. That typically means if you want to sell your bracelet, or if you inherit a gold charm bracelet, that wearing personal jewelry like this yourself would be a bit odd.
For that reason, it’s pretty common to want to sell an old gold charm bracelet. Let’s take a look at how to calculate its worth!
The value of a gold bracelet depends on:
To calculate the pure gold value:
For an easy to use calculator, you can also use our gold price calculator to determine the intrinsic value of your gold.
Below, we’ll show a few examples of gold charm bracelets and go through the value calculations.
Premium brands can often fetch a higher price due to their notoriety, rather than just fetching the intrinsic value of the piece. This is typically true of fine jewelry items, but personal items like charm bracelets can be a little harder to sell. The bracelet itself should have a solid resale market, but the individual charms you’ll often need to break up and sell individually, hoping to get lucky that someone wants them.
This is true of luxury brands like Tiffany & Co or Cartier.
A brand like Pandora is a sort of mid-tier luxury brand. There are a lot more of them out there, and it doesn’t have the same reputation as high-end luxury brands. You still may be able to get a slight premium for the bracelet itself, or even a common charm, but it’ll be more work to sell everything individually.
Luxury brands will also more frequently use a higher purity, such as 18k, whereas mid-tier brands will use 14k or even 10k. So just by the nature of the gold purity, the luxury brands will be worth quite a bit more.
This elegant Italian-made charm bracelet features 24 natural gemstones in various colors. In cases like this, if the piece does not have standalone value as a vintage piece, the gemstones are removed and priced separately. That said, the charms here aren’t exceedingly personal and it’s a nice vintage piece, so we may be able to pay you a bit more for the piece as a whole.
However, since this is a blog about the gold value in charm bracelets, we’ll assume that the piece is sold for its gold value. It’s also worth nothing that if the piece is damaged or broken, it’s still worth it’s weight in gold. The condition of the piece doesn’t matter when it comes to intrinsic value pricing.
For the first example, let’s take a closer look at each of the pricing elements:
Weight: You’ll need a precision scale to get a proper weight measurement for gold pieces, since they tend to be fairly light.
Purity: If you’re not sure about the purity of your piece, the easiest thing to do is look for gold purity stamps. There are also some tests you can perform to see if your gold is real, or you can just take it to a jeweler where they have a fancy metal analyzer that can instantly determine the composition. We use a metal analyzer on all the pieces that are sold to us to confirm their authenticity.
Price of Gold: GoldPrice.org prices gold in ounces, grams, and kgs, which should make it fairly easy for you to find the right price when performing the calculation. Google does a pretty good job with simple weight conversions across different scales, so running a basic search there can be helpful too.
This Pandora charm bracelet includes nine charms, featuring diamonds and pearls. While the gemstones add aesthetic and collectible value, the bulk of the price comes from its gold content.
Sure, diamonds sound expensive. But when they are this tiny they are almost purely ornamental. They would be removed when pricing the piece, and a nominal value would be added for them as they have some use as they can be added to other jewelry to add a bit of sparkle. But as far as intrinsic value goes, these tiny gemstones don’t add much.
However, these are large 14k gold charms, and with so many of them the value adds up fast!
A slightly lighter Pandora snake chain bracelet with a more minimalistic design. It’s fairly short with small charms, so you can see that it weighs significantly less than the previous pandora bracelet. Thicker bracelets with more, larger charms can be worth significantly more than smaller counterparts.
This heavier bracelet with additional charms, gemstones, and diamonds has over $2,500 worth of pure gold in it! Even at 14k (like most wearable jewelry), the charms and larger size add up quickly, making pieces like this great to sell.
We see plenty of gold pieces similar to this from inheritances, where the charms were meaningful to someone’s grandmother or aunt but hold very little special value to the recipient. If you’ve inherited gold, there’s no shame in selling it and funding an experience or paying an expense. They’d want you to make the best use of the gift!
This longer bracelet provides more gold content, but with smaller, fewer charms it isn’t worth as much as other examples. It’s a prime example of how valuable the individual charms can be when compared to previous examples.
This luxury Tiffany & Co. bracelet features a single white diamond, adding prestige to its gold content. Branded jewelry from high-end designers like Tiffany often carries a premium beyond its gold value.
But if you receive a gift like this, it may not be something you want to keep. Unless you love New Orleans, San Francisco, or Lisbon, the idea of carrying a gold cable car around on your wrist may not be very appealing.
As mentioned earlier, premium brands like Tiffany will often use higher purity gold – true in this case, at 18k. It’s probably not for everyday use, but it does mean you can get a lot more when it comes time to sell it. The band and charm themselves are also quite heavy, so what looks like a simple piece might be worth a lot more than you might think.
If you’re considering selling, here are a few key points to keep in mind:
If you have a super premium antique or collectible, it may be worth going through an auction house or hiring an expert to sell it on a marketplace. But for most gold out there, given the high intrinsic value of gold, a gold buyer like us wants it just as much!
If you’re interested in getting a free appraisal and offer for your gold, you can request a free gold mailer now!
With these calculations, you now have a better understanding of the value of your gold charm bracelet. Of course, the gold pricing calculation is the same for any kind of gold, whether it’s a charm bracelet or a golden trumpet. That said, this article should give you a range of expectations when it comes to selling a charm bracelet.
Whether you’re selling for extra cash or just curious about your jewelry’s worth, knowing how to calculate gold value is useful to know. If you decide not to sell to us and want to take your chances with a local cash for gold dealer, we recommend understanding the intrinsic value of your jewelry before going so you’re educated on the value before negotiating.
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