Collecting designer jewelry can be fun and profitable. Some of it pulls in an astounding amount of money on the secondary market. That is somewhat attributable to the designer's name, but it also has to do with the quality of the jewelry's craftsmanship; the type of metalwork and the stones used; available colors; and the total number of pieces made. One of the most collectible jewelry names in the business today is that of comedienne Joan Rivers.
Instructions
1. Visit Joan's website at joanrivers.com and look on QVC to view the jewelry items available in her collection. Joan's Collectible Archive, available on her site, outlines those pieces that have been discontinued, which may pull larger sums of money on the secondary market.
2. Determine the type of jewelry collection desired. For example, Joan's watches are a popular collectible item, as are her pendant reproductions of Faberge eggs, her famous bee pins and her Victorian flower reproductions.
3. Narrow the focus down to the specific jewelry pieces you wish to obtain. If you are collecting for fun and personal use, your choices will be geared to your own personal taste. If you are collecting for profit, however, you need to identify those items that pull great sums of money in the secondary market. This can be determined by monitoring the various selling sites and noting the amount of money for which each piece seems to typically sell.
4. Search the web to determine the various sources available for obtaining the specific jewelry items desired. Sites like EBay, Shopzilla and Amazon routinely offer pieces from Joan's collection.
5. Compare the asking amounts for each desired piece across the various sites that carry it. Auction sites like EBay offer a chance to get items at a lower cost. Other sites will offer items at a set rate. Based on the desirability quotient of the jewelry piece you will need to make a determination whether or not to risk losing it in a bidding situation.
6. Establish a total budget amount for the collection. Then break that down into a monetary amount to be spent on each separate collection, if more than one type is to be pursued.
7. Rank each specific sought-after jewelry piece on a scale from one to 10 according to its overall desirability. This will help prevent you from scattering your focus too far within the collection.
8. Begin soliciting the jewelry pieces desired, staying within budgetary constraints.
