[Jewelry making - Article 00279] - Re: [Orchid] How to value customer's scrap on trade

[Daniel Spirer]

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Noel,

    As an addendum to my previous response to this: 

>     So far, I've only been asked to accept dental gold-- complete with
>     teeth, tossed down in front of me like dice. I'm not terribly
>     squeamish, but, yuck!!! I passed on that deal (and still got the
>     commission). But these days, it seems wise to be prepared. 

    You should be glad they've only asked you to scrap this stuff. I've
    had two customers who I actually set human teeth into jewelry for
    (AND three who had me set puppy teeth, one who had me set a t-rex
    tooth, one who had me appraise the damage done to a monkey skull in
    shipment, one who had me set rock from the top of Mt. Everest and one
    who had me set a piece of the Berlin Wall-----alright the last two
    weren't so disgusting, just kind of interesting.) 

Daniel R. Spirer, G.G.
Daniel R. Spirer Jewelers, LLC
1780 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02140
617-234-4392
daniel AT spirerjewelers.com
www.spirerjewelers.com

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