When selling gold, why isn’t white gold worth more htan yellow gold since it costs more when buying jewelry?
Princess asked:
When buying jewelry, white gold is higher priced than yellow gold. So, why isn’t it worth more when selling it to be melted down into other jewelry? Why do these places that buy gold only look at the karet count of the gold, and not if it is white or yellow gold?
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When buying jewelry, white gold is higher priced than yellow gold. So, why isn’t it worth more when selling it to be melted down into other jewelry? Why do these places that buy gold only look at the karet count of the gold, and not if it is white or yellow gold?
July 7th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
White gold is actually yellow gold covered in rhodium plating. So it is more expensive to buy because it has a few extra steps along the way. The rhodium gives it the white appeareance. When you sell it back, they are melting it down and separating the metals so they only want to know how much actual gold is in the jewelry (karatage) and they want to separate it from the alloy metals. Tiffany Jackson