7 Necklaces Every American Grandmother Owns That Are Secretly Worth A Fortune

There are certain necklaces so common, so familiar, that nearly every American grandmother owns at least one of them, tucked in a jewelry box or worn so often nobody ever thought to ask what it was actually worth. In this video I walk through seven of those necklaces, the strand of pearls from an anniversary, the thin gold chain worn every single day, the cross passed down without much thought, pieces so ordinary that families assume familiar means cheap, when familiarity has nothing to do with value at all. 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, and these are exactly the pieces I see undervalued the most, because nobody stops to check something they have looked at every single day for forty years. I will be honest with you from the start, most everyday necklaces are exactly what they appear to be, modest pieces worth a modest amount, and I am not going to inflate that for you. But within each of these seven common types sits a real range, and a specific mark, a particular clasp, or a genuine strand of the right material can place an ordinary looking necklace at the very top of that range instead of the bottom. For every necklace on this list, I will show you exactly what to check, the clasp, the mark, the material itself, so you know within a minute whether yours sits at the low end or the high end of what these pieces are actually worth. Do not assume familiar means worthless, do not sell anything by weight, until you have gone through this whole list. If you find this useful, consider subscribing, because I go through a new jewelry box every week. And stay to the end, because the necklace at number one is the one nearly every family owns and almost nobody has ever properly checked.