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Jewelry designer Henry Dunay once turned a Samurai sword medallion into a broche. For three years no one purchased the piece, and yet the jeweler said he toted it with him on his travels, confident someday the woman with the right simple elegance would come to claim it.

Another important factor when you decided to sell your hand-crafted jewelry on-line is to determine up front your shipping policy, and how you will receive payment for your merchandise. Here's how I approached this when I sold through auction sites like Ebay.

The recent armed robbery of a salesman carrying $2 million in jewelry in the parking lot of a Waipahu restaurant is highly unusual for Hawai'i, state and federal law enforcement officials said.

With gold topping out at more than $700 an ounce last month -- a record price -- you may be wondering if your jewelry, watches and other gold valuables have gone up. They have, though how much varies.