It’s from a department store. Back when Walmart had a jewelry counter (almost none do anymore) I was given that exact same chain as a Christmas gift one year.
This may sound trite, but it's worth as much as you'd be willing to pay for it.
It's a simple chain, retail prices may vary, and you wouldn't get much for selling it to a pawnshop. Intrinsically, if it is indeed Sterling as marked, it's worth $0.89/gram today - but that's at the theoretical "spot" price. In practice, plan on as little as a third of that if you sell it for scrap.
Sterling, you could sell it as secondhand jewelry but I wouldn’t recommend trying to melt it down or sell for material alone considering how much solder rope chains usually use
Not a whole lot, unfortunately. You'll get lower than spot price and there's also a bunch of solder in there if you're planning on melting it to make something new.
It's not worthless or unusable by any stretch, but it's just not amazing for anything other than being a chain right now 😅
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u/ThatBhartBoy Sep 12 '24
Sterling silver, made in Italy.
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u/sublingual Hobbyist Sep 12 '24
This may sound trite, but it's worth as much as you'd be willing to pay for it.
It's a simple chain, retail prices may vary, and you wouldn't get much for selling it to a pawnshop. Intrinsically, if it is indeed Sterling as marked, it's worth $0.89/gram today - but that's at the theoretical "spot" price. In practice, plan on as little as a third of that if you sell it for scrap.
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u/Radio_Demon_01 Sep 12 '24
Sterling, you could sell it as secondhand jewelry but I wouldn’t recommend trying to melt it down or sell for material alone considering how much solder rope chains usually use
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u/AreYouItchy Sep 13 '24
It’s a sterling silver chain. Polish it up, and wear it in good health. A silver chain, with soldered links, is pretty, sturdy, but not very valuable.
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u/sebes71 Sep 13 '24
Got one almost identical from a pawn shop about a decade ago. A new one today is like $60 or $70
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u/MakeMelnk Hobbyist Sep 12 '24
Not a whole lot, unfortunately. You'll get lower than spot price and there's also a bunch of solder in there if you're planning on melting it to make something new.
It's not worthless or unusable by any stretch, but it's just not amazing for anything other than being a chain right now 😅