The direct answer
A postal gold jewellery valuation should be documented, insured and no-obligation. Fair Vintage is designed so you can send photos first, request a label when ready, and accept or decline the written offer. Gold prices change daily. Fair Vintage uses current market references when preparing a written offer rather than hard-coding a fixed gold price into evergreen content.
Before posting
Photograph the jewellery, keep paperwork together, and contact us first for unusually high-value or complex items.
On arrival
The parcel is documented before valuation work begins, then gold, stones, marks and condition are assessed.
After the offer
You can accept all, accept some, or decline and have items returned insured.
How Fair Vintage assesses this page topic
We separate the metal floor from the jewellery value. That means checking gold fineness and tested metal content, weight and construction, hallmarks, sponsor marks, assay office marks and maker signatures, age, period style and originality, gemstones, pearls, enamel and condition, designer, antique or collector demand beyond melt value, boxes, receipts, certificates and family notes. If a piece is mainly scrap, we say so; if it deserves antique, designer, gemstone or collector review, the written offer explains why.
Photographs to send
- whole group
- marks
- paperwork
- packaging before sending
- high-value pieces separately
What jewellery owners ask on Reddit
Reddit is not used as valuation evidence. It is useful because public conversations reveal recurring seller worries: missing marks, changed fittings, whether to clean pieces, how to compare scrap and antique value, and whether a postal buyer can be trusted.
Official references used
These sources support hallmarking, gold-fineness and market-reference statements. They do not set the final Fair Vintage offer for an individual item.