3 Raymond Yard Necklaces Worth A Fortune That Almost Nobody Knows About

Most people have never heard the name Raymond Yard, and that is exactly the problem. Yard was an American fine jeweler whose platinum and diamond pieces were made for some of the wealthiest families in the country, and his work sits at the very top of the American estate jewelry market. Yet the name means nothing to the average family, so a necklace carrying his mark can sit in a dresser drawer for decades, unrecognized, or get sold to the first gold buyer who offers cash. In this video I walk through three Raymond Yard necklaces, what each one looks like, what makes it so valuable, and how to read the signs on the piece itself. I am Roy Danforth, and for thirty-eight years I have been buying and pricing estate sales, flea markets and antique mall booths across the Ohio Valley and the Midwest. I will be honest with you from the start, a Raymond Yard piece is fine jewelry, not costume jewelry, so it is rare to find one in an ordinary jewelry box, and I am not going to promise you that yours is one. But when one does turn up, it is usually because nobody in the family ever looked at the clasp or the back, and that mistake can cost a family tens of thousands of dollars. For every necklace on this list, I will show you the signature and the platinum markings, how the stones are set, how the clasp and the construction should feel in your hand, and the details that separate a genuine Yard piece from a later copy borrowing the name. Do not sell any necklace by weight, do not take the first offer from a gold buyer, until you have gone through this whole video. If you find this useful, consider subscribing, because I go through a new jewelry box every week. And stay to the end, because the third necklace is the one that surprised even the auction houses, and it is the one I most want you to check for.