Young punks like you blow thru multiple yuppie cars biennially.
Value is a choice only if you have choices and make them.
If you don't have choices, then everything becomes mundane and mediocre.
Investment-grade diamonds go up in value. Quality gold and platinum jewelry goes up in value. Just look at the prices of vintage and current Tiffany and Cartier items on eBay, Etsy, Poshmark, Ross-Simons, The RealReal, Yoougi's Closet, Oak Gem, 1stdibs, and hundreds of other secondary marketers ... and the items sell quickly. Watch them over time and you will see quickly-rising prices. Sellers tend to peg their prices at 50-70% of Tiffany and Cartier ever-rising retail prices.
A Jean Schlumberger "Olive" 18K Cufflink Set sold for $1900 not long ago at Tiffanys ... they now sell for $8600 at T&Co ... eBayers are asking $5000+ for used sets, and they probably paid less than $1000 for them a few years ago. It's a huge and serious market out there. Lots of money to be made knowledgeable, energetic folks.
Yes, some "ego-driven sucker" will buy this USED 16.39 carat Tiffany & Co. diamond ring for $1,785,000, and you can bet the original owner didn't pay anywhere near that price:
16.39 carats Tiffany & Co. Diamond Ring
And 5 years from now, some "ego-driven" Hollywood "sucker" will probably pay $50 Million for it.
Oh, then there's the rare coin market. Prices are rising faster than a Helium balloon. Don't even get me started on that subject.
"It's the nature of the beast", as songbird says.
Bottom line, I don't buy stuff to feed my ego ... I buy with the intent of maximizing wealth, and I know what I am doing because I have studied it over a lifetime. It works for me.
You shouldn't engage in topics that you know absolutely nothing about, sonny boy. It just makes you look stupid.
- KR December 29, 2025, 3:49 pm