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Category Archives: Jewelry Services

A Custom WWII Ring for a Navy Dad

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

The Mardon team created this very special ring just in time to celebrate the 86th birthday of Harold Swanson, my father-in-law. Like many of his generation, he left high school as soon as he was of age and enlisted in the military to fight WWII. As a Navy sailor, he trained for  submarine service, but […]

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Let the Gold Rush Begin– $45 per gram for 14k gold

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Last week, a young man, just graduated from dental school, came to the shop to sell us a small batch of casting gold leftover from his casting classes. We tested his gold as 14K, then weighed and valued it for him. He left the store to get his identification so we could make the transaction, […]

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Who can call himself a jewelry appraiser?

Saturday, June 11, 2011

This headline caught my eye in a recent email— the answer to this trick question is anyone! A newsletter by an insurance industry organization highlighted the fact that there are no federal or other governmental bodies setting qualifications for who may be a jeweler or a jewelry appraiser. A study by a related group also […]

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