At the benchOld gold exchange
Old gold isstill gold.
A snapped clasp takes nothing off the weight. Bring in the pieces nobody wears and they go on the scale while you stand at the counter, priced at the day’s rate, the same way everything in the cabinet is.
What to bring, andwhat happens.
Broken chains. Single earrings whose partners went missing years ago. Rings that fit nobody now, pendants nobody asks about. If it is gold, bring it in, however it looks.
The marks come first: the struck hallmark settles the carat before the scale settles the weight. Then the piece goes on the pan in front of you and is quoted at the day’s rate. You hear the number at the same moment we do, and it obliges you to nothing. How to read the marks →
From there it is your call. What we can offer for it, whether the number comes off a new piece or is paid out in hand, is [part-exchange and outright buy-back: whether each is offered, which carats, and how; confirm with the owner]. Ask at the counter and you will get a plain answer.
And some pieces are not scrap, just tired. If you would rather keep the chain than weigh it, the same bench can mend the clasp and bring the colour back. Cleaning & polishing →
What people bring
Tipped out on the counter: a snapped chain, odd earrings, a ring worn thin, before any of it goes on the pan.
The scale doesn’t care how old it is.
Part-exchange
The question the counter hears most: a light chain weighed against a heavier one, odd earrings put towards a bangle. Whether the old weight can come off a new piece is one to ask with the pieces already on the glass. Chains, by the gram →
A straight sale
Some drawers just need emptying. Ask about an outright sale when you ask for the weight. That answer belongs to the counter too, and hearing it costs nothing. Plenty of people take the number home to think it over, and the gold goes with them.
The sum, before you decide
One sum prices everything in this shop, old gold included, and the page below walks through it in full. If the weighing turns into wanting, the chains are sold by the gram. If the piece deserves better than the pan, the bench can mend it instead.
The drawer hasbeen waiting.
No appointment, no obligation. Tip it out on the counter and watch the pan settle. The rate moves every morning. The weight does not, and neither does the invitation to bring it in.
364-378 Prospect Road, Kilburn SA 5084
Tuesday to Sunday, 10:30am – 6pm