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Patent Dates

List of Patent Dates beginning in 1836. Useful for dating items with patent numbers.

Bakelite Test

Learn how to tell if an item is made of Bakelite.

Clean Silver

Clean your sterling and silverplate safely without harsh chemicals and little or no 'elbow-grease'.

Whiten China and Ironstone

Bring back the beauty of old china and porcelain dishes using a common household product.

Auction Information

Learn about estate and onsite auctions before going. . . Glossary of terms, General information on how an auction is run, and what to take if you are going to an on-site auction.

Search for antique values, hallmarks, etc.

Learn how we search to find information on an unknown antique or collectible.

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Cleaning Jewelry


Chart with information on how to clean over 30 different gemstones that may be set in fine jewelry - what to do and what not to do.

Identifying Jewelry

How to identify fine jewelry from costume jewelry at garage sales, estate sales, auctions and flea markets. We tell you some of the differences and what to look for when looking for gold and sterling silver jewelry.

Gemstone Identification

General information on 37 gemstonse including diamond, ruby, emerald, tourmaline, alexandrite and many more.

Jewelry Care

How to care for your fine diamond, ruby, emerald, pearl and other precious jewelry set in gold.

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Auburn Rubber

Clean and care for your Auburn Rubber toys.

Snoopy Copyrights

Learn what all those dates mean.

Toy Grading

Learn how collectors use the C-10 scale to grade toys.

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Gold

US & European marks, alloy variations, calculate scrap gold value, definitions for other types of gold designations, i.e., gold-filled, rolled gold, vermeil.

Precious Metal Weights & Conversion Table

Precious metal weights - troy ounce, pennyweight, grams and conversion chart.
Calculate weight from grams to ounces


Calculate Gold Content of Jewelry

Use this formula to calculate how much gold value there is in 18K, 14K or 10K jewelry - before you sell it.

US Silver Coins - Silver Content

Learn how much silver there is in silver coins before you sell or spend them.

ONLINE TOOL
Convert Ounces to Grams


Use this FREE online tool to convert Troy and Standard Ounces into Grams.

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Gold Value for Karat Jewelry


Get the gold value for your 9K, 10K, 12K, 14K, 18K and 22K jewelry before you sell it.
Use this FREE tool to make calculations online.


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Hot Wheels Variations

Coming Soon - Learn the wheel variations for Hot Wheels.

Clean Old Toys

Coming Soon - Learn how to care for your old toys.

Precious Gems

Coming Soon - Top gem stones, cut variations, birthstones.









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