SOVIET SILVER JEWELRY MARKET ANALYSIS REPORT 2015
Soviet silver collectibles, and especially jewelry, experienced a number of market-wide events that are worth noticing. The biggest one could be summarized by this statement - Ukrainians entered the international market. Over these last few months we saw a massive surge of Soviet silver jewelry offered for sale on auction sites like eBay. The amount of listed items nearly doubled, and the variety has definitely increased. With this said, the prices on USSR silver have not gone down (as you will see from our sales report). In fact, the trade has gone up substantially and we once again had to work through massive amounts of bought and sold Soviet silver jewellery, to deliver to you this report. While it's a lot of work for us, it is great news for you, and especially for the Ukrainian people. Buyers just got an excellent selection of these rare collectibles, while the sellers are receiving fair value for their product. We do, however, have to mention one negative aspect of this trade and that's Ukrainian law, which, as they stand now, does not permit any export of silver jewelry from the country. Yet, due to their current civil and economic crisis, people are taking that risk because they need to eat and pay their bills. On our part, legally we cannot encourage this behaviour, but morally we cannot discourage Ukrainian sellers from working with the international buyers either. That is why we wish to inform our readers of this situation, and let each person make their own decision.
Another interesting observation that we made was that many regular Western sellers of Soviet silver jewellery, began to sell less of it. It may be an indicator that most of these unique USSR collectibles have been purchased into private collections, as long term investments. This would explain why prices remained the same when the overall amount of Soviet silver jewelry nearly doubled (due to new sellers from Ukraine) on eBay. Another slightly negative aspect, especially for new collectors as well as investors that are just entering this market, is that we are seeing less and less of high-end or rare USSR silver jewelry for sale. Such items are being bought into private collections at a rate we never saw before. On numerous occasions we, ourselves, have partaken in auctions only to be quickly outbid. Nevertheless, this market is more alive than ever before, and we are happy to guide it into it's bright and profitable future. Now on with the sales report...
SOVIET SILVER SALES REPORT - March, Feb, Jan 2015 & Dec 2014
Note: only a small fraction of Soviet silver sales are shown in this report.
MARCH (Click on the images to see sales prices):
FEBRUARY:
JANUARY:
DECEMBER 2014:
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All statements in this report are an opinion.
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Report by
Soviet Jewelry News
www.SovietJewelry.com
We have no vested financial interests in these sales.
All statements in this report are an opinion.
Act at your own risk.
Report by
Soviet Jewelry News
www.SovietJewelry.com
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