The thing is that, pawn brokers (shoppes), are not antique dealers. If you have antique jewlery, your best bet is an antique dealer. Most antique dealers buy and sell antique jewlery. Pawn shoppes are buying the gold and silver apecifically for the gold and silver content and not for it's value as an antique. Although pawn shoppes pay well for gold and silver, their not generally dealers in antique jewlery. You should check out both pawn shoppes and antique dealers before you sell any antique jewlery.