The Added Value Of Antique Jewelry
Anything that survives the test of time adds value when it is recovered and restored. This can be especially said of antique jewelry. Few things increase in value more than precious stones and metal and when you find a piece of antique jewelry you can rest assured that if it can be restored in any way that it will fetch a pretty penny.
It is the notion of the value of antique jewelry retaining itself that keeps treasure hunters busy all over the world. The lure of big money is what keeps people risking their lives all over the world in order to retrieve antique jewelry that was lost at sea, or even on land, hundreds of years ago. To find antique jewelry during one of those treasure hunts truly is a miraculous find and it is even more miraculous when the jewelry you find has some sort of historical significance.
Archaeologists all over the world know the value of antique jewelry and while some of them prefer to steal and plunder the jewelry from ancient days, there are those that recover the ancient artifacts so that they may be enjoyed for generations to come in a museum.
One of the most famous examples of antique jewelry being recovered in an archaeological dig is the treasures of King Tut. When the tomb of King Tut was opened thousands of pieces of antique jewelry were recovered and for years the pieces toured the world and were seen by millions of people. It caused quite a stir all over the world for many years and that excitement was rekindled some years later when members of the team that recovered the jewelry all started dying under mysterious circumstances. Was the antique jewelry cursed? Some maintain that we may never know for sure.
All In The Family
From the crown jewels of England to the engagement ring that has been passed down through the generations of your family, the idea of antique jewelry having a personal significance to one family or another is very popular. Some people place a great deal of significance on antique jewelry handed down from generation to generation and others hold it in such high regard that they lock it away for safe keeping so that no one may ever see it.
However you choose to look at jewelry there is no doubt that the value placed on the jewelry is not always determined by the precious stones and metals that make it up. Sometimes there is a lot more to precious gems than just their glitter.
