Resources

Every one of our locations has its own story, and our Seattle office is no exception. This September marks an exciting milestone as our Seattle location celebrates five years of serving the community. Looking around the office today, it’s hard to believe how much has changed since those early days. When our Seattle location first […]

When someone walks through our doors for the first time, they’re usually carrying more than a handful of jewelry or a collection of coins. Sometimes they’re carrying a family heirloom. Sometimes they’re carrying memories. Sometimes they’re carrying uncertainty. At Seattle Gold, we’ve had the privilege of helping thousands of people evaluate and sell precious metals […]

A famous Marilyn Monroe  quote says “diamonds are a girl’s best friend.” Then there are some who will say that women are complicated. So does that mean diamonds are complicated too? Most of the value in DIAMOND JEWELRY is the diamond itself, and evaluating diamonds is not very straightforward because slight differences (differences too small to see […]

One of our first videos using Hangouts On Air with the help of John Ellis where we talk about rare coins – the Carson City Morgan Dollar – a topic covered in one of our earlier blog posts. We are trying to put together more videos like these where we get into the fascinating topics […]

Most colored diamonds are made synthetically because the variables necessary to form a naturally colored diamond are extremely rare, thus why they are the most expensive kind of diamonds. The most common way diamonds are made synthetically is HPTC – High Pressure High Temperature 1. Pure carbon and catalyst metals, pressed into a graphite, are […]