ʻO ka manawa kēia e loaʻa ai ke kālā i kēlā pahu lei?

Na LORI ETTLINGER GROSSJULY 9, 2006Ua hāʻule nā ​​kumukūʻai gula a me ke kālā mai nā kiʻekiʻe a lākou i hōʻea ai i ʻelua mahina i hala aku nei, akā ma hope o ʻelima mau makahiki o ka piʻi mau ʻana, aia nō lākou i nā pae e hoʻolalelale nei i ka poʻe i ke kālā i nā mea nani i makemake ʻole ʻia no kāna waiwai ʻōpala. , N.Y., hoʻokahi mea kūʻai gula, ʻo Jim Sarno, ka mea nona ka Budget Buy and Sell, e ʻōlelo ana ua huki nā mea kūʻai aku i nā pahu mea kūʻai a hoʻokuʻu iā lākou ma luna o kāna mau countertops. ʻO ka hōʻike koke ʻole a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻole ʻia o nā mea pilikino he mea hoʻokahi wale nō: aia ka poʻe ma laila e kūʻai aku ai. . "E noʻonoʻo i ka mea a ke kālā e hana ai iā ʻoe." ʻO ka ʻoki ʻana i ke gula no ke kālā he koho ʻoluʻolu ia no ka poʻe e hoʻopau ana i nā pilikia a pau e like me ka apo pepeiao hoʻokahi a i ʻole ke kaulahao haki a hiki ke loaʻa ka waiwai, ʻoiai inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hōʻiliʻili hoolele. ʻO nā hale kūʻai kūʻai mai nā mea kūʻai aku a i ʻole nā ​​​​mea kūʻai gula a i nā mea hoʻoheheʻe ʻia e hoʻolaha ana ma ka Pūnaewele; ʻO ke kūʻai gula he mea hoʻokūkū kiʻekiʻe, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kūʻai ʻana a puni. & Fogarty ma Beverly Hills, Calif. "Hoʻokumu nā mea kūʻai aku i kā lākou kumukūʻai makana no nā mea gula hou ma ke kaupaona mua ʻana iā lākou a me ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka ʻike gula maoli. Inā hiki ke komo a makemake ʻia nā ʻāpana, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hāʻawi ʻana ma luna o ka waiwai maoli o ke gula. ʻaneʻane i hana ʻia nā mea gula, platinum a me ke kala me nā mea i hoʻohui ʻia e koi ana i ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā metala ʻē aʻe i mea e ikaika ai lākou e kū i ka ʻaʻahu a me ka waimaka i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻO ke gula he 14 karat he 58 pākēneka gula maʻemaʻe, aʻo ka 18 karat he 75 pakeneka a he 24 karat he 100 pakeneka; ʻO ke kumu kūʻai i uku ʻia e hōʻike i ka nui o ke gula maoli i kūʻai ʻia. Ke kūʻai aku nei ke gula no $633 i ka auneke, mai lalo mai $725 i Mei. Akā, ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o $265 i ka auneke ma Iulai 2001. ʻAʻole manaʻo ʻo Jon Nadler, ka mea loiloi metala makamae ma ka mea kūʻai bullion Kitco.com, e hāʻule ke kumukūʻai ma lalo o $540 i ka auneke, a ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hiki ke paʻi i $730 i ka makahiki aʻe. no nā mea waiwai, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā mea i kūʻai ʻia no ka ʻōpala i hoʻopakele ʻia a kūʻai ʻia ma ke ʻano he mau mea nani. "ʻOi aku ka naʻauao o nā mea hoʻoheheʻe ʻia a me nā mea kūʻai ʻōpala ma mua o ka" e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia kekahi mau mea, wehewehe ʻo Barry Weber, ka luna nui o Edith Weber & ʻO Associates ma New York, he hale kiʻi kiʻi kūikawā i nā mea nani, kahiko a me nā waiwai waiwai, i hōʻike pinepine ʻia ma "Antiques Roadshow." "E koho lākou i nā mea i ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ke kumu waiwai," a hoʻopau ʻia i nā hale kūʻai hale kūʻai.& S.S. ʻO DeYoung, he hale kūʻai kūʻai nui 170 makahiki ma New York, ʻōlelo ʻo ia e nīnau i kahi loea e ʻōlelo ana e uku maikaʻi ʻia ka hoʻonaʻauao. "Inā hele ʻoe i kahi mea kūʻai aku ma mua o ka mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, "a ʻike ʻo ia he ʻāpana manawa kāu ma mua o kahi mea hiki ke ʻoki ʻia, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa kahi waiwai nui." ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi loiloi ʻoihana. ʻike a hōʻoluʻolu; pale no hoi i ka hewa. Ua haʻi aku ʻo Ms. Manaʻo ʻo Levy e ʻimi i kekahi me nā hōʻoia i ʻike ʻia ma ke kālepa mea kūʻai. "E ʻimi i kekahi mea pili i ke kālepa mea kūʻai, e like me ka American Gem Society," a i ʻole kekahi mea i hoʻomaʻamaʻa me ka Gemological Institute of America, e koi ana i nā kūlana hoʻonaʻauao koʻikoʻi e hoʻokō ʻia ma mua o ka manaʻo ʻia he loea. Me ka ʻike e hoʻonui i ka hilinaʻi o ka mea kūʻai aku ka pilina me kēlā me kēia hui, hōʻike pinepine nā lālā i kā lākou mau pono ma nā puka makani hale kūʻai a i ʻole ma nā kāleka ʻoihana. "Ua kūʻai aku nei mākou i kahi ʻāpana me kahi alexandrite i loko o ia mea i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i ke gula melemele" a no laila ua waiwai nui, wahi a Alan Levy, Ms. ʻO ke kāne a Levy a he poʻo kumu hoʻi ma DeYoung. "I ke kanaka maʻamau, ʻaʻole i like loa ia. ʻO ia ke kumu maikaʻi e hele aku i kahi mea ʻike." Pono pū i nā loea nā kumuwaiwai e noiʻi hou inā pono. "Loaʻa mākou i nā kelepona mai nā poʻe i kēlā me kēia lā e noi ana i ka ʻike e pili ana i nā ʻāpana i lawe ʻia e ka mea kūʻai aku no ka loiloi," wahi a Ms. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Levy. "ʻO ka mea kupanaha i kēia lā, aia iā mākou ka Pūnaewele a me nā kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi i hiki iā mākou ke hāʻawi iā lākou i ka manaʻo maikaʻi loa i ka mea a lākou e nānā nei." loiloi: He aha ka metala, a pono e hoʻāʻo ʻia no ka ʻike gula? Ma hope o ka makahiki 1898, pono e hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā mea nani a pau i hana ʻia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa me ka nui o nā karat; ʻO ka māka maʻamau he 14k. Pono e ho'āʻoʻia nā mea nani i hōʻailonaʻoleʻia. I ka manawa hea i hana ʻia ai ka mea, a ua hoʻoponopono ʻia? Wahi a nā mea kālailai ʻoihana waiwai, ʻo ka makahiki a me ke kūlana, i ka hapanui o nā hihia, he mea nui no ka loiloi ʻana i ka waiwai. E ʻoluʻolu e hōʻoia ʻaʻole ʻoe he robot ma ke kaomi ʻana i ka pahu. E ʻoluʻolu e komo hou. Pono ʻoe e koho i kahi nūhou e kau inoa ai. E nānā i nā nūhou New York Times a pau. Hiki i nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi ke koho no ka mea pono lākou e mālama i kā lākou mau mākeke. "E nīnau iā lākou inā kūʻai aku lākou i ke ʻano o nā mea nani āu i loaʻa ai," wahi a Ms. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Hubbard o Sotheby. "He ʻoi aku ka nui o ka mākeke waiwai ma mua o ka metala." A laila aia nā hui, e like me Circa Inc., e kūʻai i nā mea āpau. ʻO Circa, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma New York, he mau keʻena hoʻi ma Chicago, San Francisco a me Palm Beach, Fla., A kūʻai aku i nā mea nani i nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea kūʻai aku ma ka ʻāina. "Loaʻa iā mākou kahi mākeke no nā ʻano mea like ʻole," wahi a Chris DelGatto, kona luna nui a me ka mea hoʻokumu. inā he mea kahiko, waiwai a i ʻole kēia manawa, pane mau nā mea ʻohi iā lākou. "ʻAʻole makemake wau e kūʻai aku i nā mea nani no ka ʻōpala i loaʻa kekahi ʻano inoa e pili ana me ia," wahi a Mr. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Weber. A e hoʻomanaʻo i hiki ke loli ke ʻano. "Aia ka hoihoi hou ʻana i nā kūpeʻe lima hoʻohiwahiwa nui e like me ke ʻano," wahi āna. "ʻO ia ke ʻano o nā mea nani i kūʻai ʻia i nā makahiki i hala aku nei no ka waiwai ʻōpala. I kēia manawa ke kūʻai ʻia nei ma ke kumukūʻai waiwai." No laila he aha ka mea i manaʻo ʻia i kekahi manawa he hiʻohiʻona nani o kahi ola i ola ʻia, nā memento i hōʻiliʻili ʻia a hāʻawi ʻia paha ma ke ala. "Hoʻohui i ka je ne sais quoi i ke kumu kūʻai, hiki ke loaʻa nā kūʻai? ʻOiai he mau ʻokoʻa mau, ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo he liʻiliʻi, inā he ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea kūʻai aku. Hiki i ke gula ke koi i ka poʻe e hoʻokuʻu i nā mea kahiko, ʻo nā mea kūʻai lua he mākeke nona iho, me nā kumukūʻai maʻamau ʻaʻole i hoʻopilikia ʻia e nā mākeke metala makamae." Wahi a Weber. "I ka hihia o ka waiwai waiwai, kūʻai maoli ʻoe i ke kiʻi i hana ʻia mai nā mea hoʻonani." NUI nā mea kūʻai aku e hoʻokumu i nā kumukūʻai ma ka mea a lākou i uku ai, ma mua o ke kumukūʻai o kahi mea e like me ka mea i hoʻoholo ʻia e ke kaumaha metala a me ka maikaʻi o ka pōhaku. "ʻO ka mea mua e hoʻomaopopo ʻia ʻaʻole wau i hoʻololi i kekahi o kaʻu mau kumukūʻai mai ka piʻi ʻana o ke gula," wahi a Benjamin Macklowe o Macklowe Gallery ma New York, ka mea loea i nā hana hoʻonaninani, me nā mea nani. "ʻO ke ala maikaʻi loa e loaʻa ai ka waiwai maikaʻi loa, ʻo ia ke kūʻai ʻana i nā mea ʻano paʻakikī a hoihoi; ʻo ka waiwai nui e mau ana i kona hoʻolālā a me ka nani." "ʻO ka maʻamau, ʻo nā kumukūʻai ma ke kūʻai ʻana he 30 a 50 pakeneka ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o ke kūʻai aku," wahi a Gloria Lieberman, ka hope pelekikena a me ka luna o nā mea nani ma Skinner Inc., ka hale kūʻai kūʻai ʻo Boston. "Hoʻomākaukau mākou i kā mākou kumukūʻai kūʻai aku i ʻekolu mahina ma mua o ke kūʻai ʻana, no laila ʻaʻole hiki ke kūʻai aku i ka waiwai kūʻai." No nā mea nani mai nā wā i makemake nui ʻia e nā ʻohi, e like me Art Deco a me Edwardian, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka hōʻike ʻana i kahi moe, akā ma waena o nā mea mai nā wā e like me ka makahiki 1950, 60 a i ʻole 70, hiki iā ʻoe ke wehe i kahi gem. paʻi ʻia ma , ma ka ʻaoʻao BU6 o ka paʻi ʻana o New York me ke poʻomanaʻo: . Kauoha Pa'i Hou| ʻO ka Pepa o kēia lā|Kakau inoaUa hoihoi i kou manaʻo ma kēia ʻaoʻao. E haʻi mai iā mākou i kou manaʻo.