David Mattey is a highly experienced buyer of 19th-20th century jewellery and silver,together with medals and coins. Selling directly to dedicated professionals makes sense, auctioneers take 50% of what they receive for your heirlooms !
If you visit a high street jewellers to sell items which you have inherited please be warned that
You will be lucky to receive only the break value. This equates to the component value
of stones & precious metals at their scrap price.
Many dealers in all aspects of militaria started off their career as collectors . As the boyhood hobby grows and the collector acquires knowledge he is likely to consider selling of duplicates thus becoming a dealer in Militaria at some level .... See more