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  • Start Looking At Pawn Shop Rings – It May Be Time To Buy

    Start Looking At Pawn Shop Rings – It May Be Time To Buy

    Start Looking At Pawn Shop Rings – It May Be Time To Buy

    Gold Price is Down

    With gold prices down by 2%, it may be the perfect time to buy gold and silver, gold engagement rings, wedding ring, estate jewelry, diamond rings, and gemstones set in a precious metal, or any of the other great deals you can find at a pawn shop to add to your collection of gold and silver.

    Gold prices dropped Monday, June 13th, due to a surging dollar index. This was based on predictions of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates by September. Investors quickly lost the appeal for gold, silver, and other precious metals and the spot price fell.

    Gold spot fell to $1,832.76, making it an excellent time to buy gold and silver jewelry, bars, and coins to sit on for future sales. According to JP Morgan, gold has been in a tug a war between its pricing drivers, with firm inflation being countered by bets for aggressive policy responses.

    Buy Low Sell High = Money

    As consumers look to purchase gold and silver, purchases made when the spot price is down makes good sense. Sitting on gold is an option if you aren’t in a hurry and you can watch the spot price to know when to liquidate. Buy low, sell high, is a rule of thumb. 

    Consumers of the precious metals available today can determine what they have to spend on precious metals with the knowledge that they may have to sit on the purchase for some time before the market comes back up, and they can then take advantage of making a deal to sell their precious metals. 

    The cost of doing business is time and the disadvantage of tying up funds on a good deal you got on gold or silver without knowing when you can get a return on your investment.

    Large Inventories

    Pawn shops have extensive selections of wedding sets, engagement rings, princess-cut diamond rings set in gold, silver, silver jewelry, pendants to mark an engagement date, and loose diamonds, all at a reasonable price.

    Most jewelry stores sell fine jewelry to a buyer with a huge mark up. It is a known fact that purchasing from jewelry stores expensive. The cost supports the jewelry store’s advertising, marketing, and profit margins.

    Pawn shops buy a diamond ring from a customer who decides they would like a new jewelry piece, so the customer decides to liquidate their current ring. Sometimes pawn shops buy a gold ring outright because the customer needs quick cash to make a payment or meet unexpected emergencies.

    Pawn shops take in fine jewelry, gold, silver, and other items like electronics, musical equipment, name-brand sneakers, name brand tools and work with their customers to get the money they need.

    If a customer has an engagement ring that is made of diamonds and gold, but  a breakup happened, the customer might decide selling the ring is the best recourse. You on the hunt for gold at a lower spot price mightbe able to purchase that engagement ring and add it to your pile of gold to hold onto until gold spot prices rebound.

    Top Dollar

    Pawn shops pay top dollar after appraising a valuable piece of fine jewelry, and payment is made before the customer leaves the store. This creates an ideal solution for someone needing money fast and a better deal for you looking to buy pre-owned gold rings, gold necklaces, gold bracelets, and other high-end gold jewelry for the best value.

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    Gold Rings

    Gold Jewelry

    Gold is a durable precious metal that does not tarnish, rust, or corrode. Pure gold (24k) is malleable, so it is easy to shape, bend, and craft when heated.

    Gold purity is measured in karates. The word carob is derived from the term karates, meaning the seeds used in ancient times to measure the weight of gold.

    Pure gold is usually mixed with other metals and alloys to give the precious metal strength and temper the bright yellow to a soft golden hue. The more metals are mixed with pure gold, the lower the karats.

    Most jewelry is made from 14k and 18k gold.

    Gold and Diamond Ring

    14k Gold

    14k gold is 58.3% pure gold and contains parts of different metals like silver, palladium, bronze, copper, zinc, and nickel. 14k white gold has a slightly different make-up of alloys and is coated in a protective rhodium plating. Rhodium is a shiny white metal that looks like platinum. The rhodium gives scratch protection and gives the jewelry piece a lustrous shine. 14k gold is an excellent choice for jewelry when paired with diamonds and gemstones like emeralds, sapphires, and rubies.

    18k gold

    18k Gold

    18k Gold is 75% pure gold and 25% other alloys like silver and copper. 18k gold is not as durable as 14k gold because it is softer. 18k gold is a good choice for an engagement ring, wedding ring, a gold pendant, or gold earrings. 18k gold complements gemstones with green, red, and blue colors and sets a luxurious background for sparkling diamonds.

    What Shop is Best When Shopping for Gold

    Jewelry stores have diamond experts who can tell you about diamonds, fine jewelry, and gold. The downside is jewelry stores have huge markups on their jewelry, making the price higher than what you can find in an alternative shopping situation.

    Online shops, eBay, and the Marketplace are places to look for and purchase gently used gold jewelry. One of the drawbacks is you can’t be guaranteed that what you are buying is genuine and authentic. Sometimes gold plated jewelry appears to be gold, but it is mainly made from an alloy. Making a purchase even if the price is reasonable is no longer a sweet deal when you discover that what you purchased is fake.

    Pawn shops are in the business of buying, selling, and writing pawn loans using precious metals, engagement rings, wedding rings, and other fine jewelry as collateral. Pawn shops offer free appraisals, and most stores test the items that come in to ensure that what they are buying or loaning against is real. Pawn shops wouldn’t stay in business long if they wrote loans against or bought something fake.

    Lambert Pawn Shop in Whittier CA

    Lambert Pawn Shop

    Lambert Pawn Shop is located in Whittier, CA, and offers quality pawn services. They are skilled in buying, selling, and writing short-term loans. With over 25 years of combined experience providing quality services, the experienced pawnbrokers will work with each customer to lend the maximum dollar amount possible on anything of value.

    Retail and online store

    They have a large inventory of engagement rings, fine jewelry, wedding rings, gold necklaces, and other high-end items for sale on their retail floor and through their online shop.

    Conveniently open six days a week, they can help whether you are looking to pawn an item, sell an item, or purchase a gold item for your future liquidation when the gold market rebounds. You can email them a picture and description of what you would like to bring in for appraisal, and they will give you a quote right away.

  • I Never Knew Pawn Shops That Buys Shoes Sells Them Too, Did You?

    I Never Knew Pawn Shops That Buys Shoes Sells Them Too, Did You?

    Pawn Shops That Buys Shoes and Sells Them Too

    Pawn shops never fail to amaze me. I was unaware that pawn shops buy high-end designer and highly sought-after sneakers for instant cash. And pawn shops sell, loan, and trade them too. Lambert Pawn is one of the pawn shops that buys shoes.

    To be honest, I hadn’t really thought about designer shoes from a pawn shop or as a collection until I was introduced to the amazing MC Hammer (Mike Hammer) from Pawn Leads. He told me that the person who seeks to buy Air Jordan’s to add to their collection is called a ‘sneakerhead.’ This is simply amazing!

    So off on my journey, I went to understand sneakerheads and, why Nike, Durant, Jordan, Forces, Dunks, Maxes, and LeBron are important to add to a sneaker collection, and why pawn shops pay top dollar. For a stunning pair of ‘kicks.’

    The Slang Word ‘Kicks’ is for Shoes

    Unbeknownst to me, ‘kicks’ means sneakers. Possibly evolving from the expression ‘kick off your shoes as an expression to take off your shoes without your using your hands, I now have a new vocabulary word. ‘Kicks’ means sneakers.

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    ‘Sneakerhead’

    As my word box grew with all the new lingo, I quickly learned in my research that a ‘sneakerhead’ is a person who collects shoes or sneakers, and their focus is typically on more trendy shoes.

    These folks are willing to stand in long lines; you know, the ones that wrap around buildings, to be able to buy an exclusive sneaker like a Jordan or LeBron. They will travel to the ends of the earth, reaching deep into their cash reserves to score a one-of-a-kind exclusive brand.

    If you look in a sneakerhead’s closet, there will be boxes of name-brand shoes taking up most of the space. Sneakerheads will make an appointment with a reminder so they don’t miss new releases.

    Like most collectors, sneakerheads are misunderstood by people that don’t collect shoes. I have to admit I was one of these people.

    The Influence of the Hip-Hop Movement on Sneakerheads

    The hip-hop movement and culture and the art movement were created by African Americans, Latino Americans, and Caribbean Americans in the Bronx, New York City.

    Unique clothing and sneakers could be easily customized, so anyone wearing these items would stand out in a crowd. Followers of the movement were called B-boys and B-girls.

    Coordinating laces to an outfit or coloring in a pair of Adidas stripes achieved the style and statement needed to say ‘unique.’

    Breakdancing – The beginning of the sneaker craze

    Breakdancing was alive and well, and the B-boy or B-girl term originated with the influence of DJ Herc, who noticed that the dancers would react differently to a drum break in the music. He coined the name of the dancers as break-boys or break-girls (B-boys, B-girls). It wasn’t unheard of for a b-boy who found a shoe he liked to buy more than one pair of them so he could have them if the original one wore out.

    The Sneaker Craze Goes Wild

    By 1985 the sneaker craze went wild when Nike and Michael Jordan introduced Air Jordans. The price in 1985 was $125, and these shoes were epic and highly sought after as a status symbol. B-boys and b-girls no longer had to color in stripes on a pair of Adidas, and they could wear a pair of Nike shoes and stand out in the crowd as someone.

    Until I researched the sneakerheads and pawn shops that sell shoes, I had no idea that my own children who asked me if they could buy the $125 Air Jordans could have now been sitting on something worth selling. I, of course, said ‘no’ at the time and had no idea that had I listened to the tips ‘but mom everyone is getting them’ and ‘they are so in style’ my children could have all invested in the future. Oh well, too little too late for this mom.

    Nike continued to produce a new style of Jordan shoes every year, which increased its popularity. By the beginning of 1990, estimates were that 1 in every 12 Americans owned a pair of Air Jordan shoes. (Not my kiddos 🙂

    With so many customers having Air Jordan’s B-boys and girls wanting their shoes to stand out and catch the eye of the crowd, Air Jordans became less important.

    The sneakerheads of the ’90s began shopping shoe shops for unique styles. They would buy more than one pair to have a backup when the others wore out.

    It wasn’t unusual for a sneakerhead to travel long distances to find a shoe or sneaker that would just sit in the box in the closet. Unique ‘kicks’ (shoes) were the thing, and companies started producing limited edition color schemes and materials to help further their sales and expand their profit.

    Nike realized that limited edition color schemes and materials were selling points, and they produced the Dunk and the Air Force 1 as a limited edition, making these shoes a must-have.

    Air Jordan 1 Colorways 1985

    Why are Colorways Important When It Comes to Stepping Up Your Shoe Collection?

    Special colorways were limited runs of exclusive shoes that were available worldwide. Less than 500 pairs of shoes were often made and released to sell at handpicked specialty boutiques. This exclusivity heightened the craze and the need for sneakerheads to have the shoes.

    There are exclusive colorways that sneakerheads are willing to travel many miles.

    Nike would suggest a price, and the boutiques could mark the price up to and sell the shoes for whatever they wanted. The boutiques didn’t make deals and cut prices; typically, boutiques made a huge profit by playing on the exclusivity of the product and charging high prices.

    Friends and Family Editions

    Another sales ploy was to design and create an even rarer collectible shoe. These creations caused an even bigger frenzy. One rare design is the ‘Friends and Family’ editions.

    These shoes were created with a specific colorway for a celebrity or company. Time and thought went into creating a shoe for a specific celebrity or person. The shoes were then given away as promotional items or gifts.

    Normally only about 100 pairs are made, making them a rare jewel for sneakerheads.

    Prototype Samples

    Prototype samples are also a hot item and will step up a sneakerhead’s vast collection if they can be found. But these shoes are extremely rare.

    The ‘Player’s Edition’ colorways are made for high-profile celebrities for their own personal collection. These shoes are the gold and diamonds of the air sneakerhead world.

    Air Jordan IV Eminem x Carhartt

    Thus far, I have learned who are sneakerheads, what impact the hip-hop culture and break dancing had on shoes, what b-boys and b-girls are, and how famous shoe brands became even more famous by using exclusivity colorways and prototype samples to build furry around finding name brand shoes. I always thought diamonds were diamonds and gold was gold, but little did I know that having the perfect kick for a sneakerhead was just as valuable.

    Kicks Sneakerheads Must Get

    Air Jordan IV Eminem x Carhartt

    These shoes were made with a three-way collaboration between the sneaker brand, rapper, and workwear label. Only ten pairs of these shoes were made, and they were auctioned for charity in 2015. The highest bid was $30,100, and the lowest was $18,750.

    Nike and Michael Jordan created air Jordan. The brand has driven sneakerheads crazy with its unique and unforgettable colorways and style.

    Nike Black & Tans

    Causing a little unintentional opps, these shoes were created to toast the popular drink and released for St. Patrick’s Day. The Black and Tans name also left a “bad taste’ for people on Emerald Isle for events during WWI. The misstep of naming the shoe a controversial name wasn’t intentional but also made the shoe very collectible.

    Nike SB Dunk low freddy kruger shoe

    Nike Low Freddy

    Freddy Krueger, a popular horror fill star, inspired Nike to create the Nike Low Freddy in 2007. A shiny swoosh like his knife-laden glove spattered blood highlights and melted flesh insoles are for the on-the-edge sneakerhead’s collection with stripes similar to those on Freddy’s sweater.

    Air Jordan Retro IV ‘Eminems’

    This shoe was a friend and family release, and only 50 pairs of blue and black Air Jordans were made.

    The pairs were made for rap artist Eminem in 2004 to celebrate the release of his 4th album. Eminem’s name is stitched on the inside of the tongue, and the album title is on the heel pull.

    Nike Dunk Low Paris

    Released in 2004 as a part of ‘White Dunk: Evolution of an Icon’ art installation in Paris, France, only 202 pairs were made. All the shoes were made featuring different artwork samples from painter Bernard Buffet. Each pair is unique and one of a kind. Sneakerheads want these shoes for the details because exactly 202 pairs were made.

    An unused pair could easily cost a sneakerhead $60,000.00.
    pawn shops that buy shoes

    I must say that the Nike Dunk Low Paris is quite intriguing. I won’t be collecting shoes anytime soon, but I thought the exclusivity of having a different piece of artwork on the shoe would be super cool. It has a statement and style I’d phone home about.

    Most Expensive Sneakers Ever Made

    Solid Gold OVO x Air Jordans – $2 Million 

    Sneakerheads will get into shape if they score a pair of Solid Gold OVO X Air Jordans, with each shoe weighing 50 pounds. Drake collaborated with Nike to make the solid gold OVO X Air Jordan. Created by American artist Matthew Senna these are worth their weight in gold.

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    Buscemi 100 MM Diamond – $132,000

    Sneakerheads will pay whatever it takes to secure a unique pair, and this is indeed a unique pair loaded with 11.5 carats of diamonds and set in 18-karat gold. This is the ‘diamond jewelry equivalent’ to a diamond engagement ring or Rolex watch for a devoted sneakerhead.

    Where are the best places to shop for exclusive designer shoes?

    There are many famous footwear brands that sneakerheads are willing to pay top dollar for. Unlike Nike, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Dr. Marten, and Chanel, other designer brands are hard to find, even for the most skilled sneakerhead.

    If a super active person takes 12,50 steps a day, can you imagine the steps a sneakerhead will take to find an exclusive brand or meet up with someone who has decided their Nike Dunk Low Paris is now worth selling to get cash quickly?

    Online Stores, Auction Sites, and Consignment Stores

    There are online stores that sell designer shoes, heels, and boots. If you decide to become a sneakerhead, do your research to ensure that the brands you are buying are authentic and are in good condition for the sale price listed. Ask upfront about return policies and if the store ships.

    Online auctions may be a place where you can watch and bid on the perfect shoe that fits your collection. After deciding what pair of shoes you would like to buy, investigate to know what a good price is for the shoes, so you don’t overpay. There are online stores that sell designer shoes, heels, and boots. If you decide to become a sneakerhead, research to ensure that the brands you buy are authentic and in good condition for the sale price listed.

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    Pawn Shops

    At the beginning of the article, I said I had no idea that pawn shops would buy, sell, and loan on designer shoes as part of the luxury items they have in their inventory. Not being a sneakerhead, I didn’t know that footwear was such a thing. I knew that Gucci, Chanel, and Louis Vuitton all had luxury clothing lines but hadn’t given much thought to pawn shops having these items as part of their inventory.

    Odd or Different Items at A Pawn Shop

    As a business, pawn shops are among the best places to find odd or different luxury items at an affordable price, and I learned this includes exclusive shoe brands. Silly me, I knew luxury items like watches, diamonds, and handbags were a part of many local pawn shops’ inventories, but I didn’t consider searching for pawn shops that buy shoes or pawn shops that sell shoes even a thing.

    Pawn shops are a great place to explore and find the items you have been looking for at a fraction of the cost. If you are looking for a fair price on most luxury items like gold, silver, diamond jewelry, sporting goods, and designer accessories where customers are treated well, shop at a pawn shop.

    Now I know that people who collect, buy and sell designer footwear shop at their local pawn shops.

    Collecting designer shoes, heels, flats, boots, accessories, and clothing all have their place. Sneakerheads have figured out what collectible shoes are worth and which shoes will turn a profit in time.

    Pawn shops that buys shoes

    A well-made pair of shoes is a piece of art.

    They are made with foundation, comfort, and durability in mind. They give great support and padding, and they need to hug and not constrict. They have balanced arch support and provide a foundation for every activity.

    But most collectible shoes aren’t worn; they are kept in new or like-new condition and stored in the collectors’ closet, most likely in original boxes. The history and details of the designer shoes make them an investment.

    Lambert Pawn

    We want you to know that Lambert Pawn is a full-service pawn shop located in Whitter, CA. Being a licensed pawn shop, the expert team is dedicated to helping all of its customers get the money they need quickly and courteously.

    We have the answers you need with over 25 years of combined experience as pawnbrokers. Our luxury brands, designer shoes and handbags, diamond and gold jewelry, like new sporting goods, and extremely rare collectibles are all sold for a fair price.

    We are the best place to secure a short-term collateral loan providing you with a convenient solution to your cash needs.

    We sell shoes online through our online store and have other items like electronics, guns, musical instruments, and brand-name tools.

    To help make buying, selling, and pawning easier, we have an online process where you can send us a picture and description of the item you want to sell, and we can give you a quote immediately.

    The saying says if the shoe fits wear it. At Lambert Pawn, we have an inventory of rare, collectible designer sneakers that changes regularly, and we also buy and loan on designer sneakers.

    Come by and see us today! You will be happy you did!