Originally Posted by
klj
Are any of the items similar to others listed in online auctions? That can sometimes be useful. Also weighing gold jewellery will at the very least give you an idea of the scrap value as a starting place. If any of the pieces are signed that also helps as many online sites give prices for certain designers jewellery.
Lots of variables in jewellery pricing - type of item, content, condition, age - but in the end it's the market. Which means you can always just decide what you are willing to take, start there and see what happens.