A New Use for Gold

Just the mention of nanoparticles brings up images of things that are very, very tiny. In the past on this blog, we have mentioned that gold nanoparticles have been used in science and technology in a variety of exciting ways. For example, scientists have been looking into ways to use gold nanoparticles to eradicate cancer. Gold is used in the [ read more ]

Don't Keep Gold You Don't Love--Sell It

Recently, actress Naomi Watts told one media outlet about her favorite piece of jewelry--a gold necklace. This necklace has great sentimental value because it was a present from her partner Liev Schreiber. Schreiber and Watts have a one year old son named Alexander and the necklace she receive from Schreiber pays tribute to her role as a mother to [ read more ]

Feds Return Man's Gold Coins and Cash

Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, who has also appeared in headlines under his chosen name "Clark Rockefeller," will get his gold back.

Mr. "Rockefeller" is apparently quite the character. Just as most people do not have that many gold coins in their homes, he also displays some other behaviors that are not routine He once claimed that his was the [ read more ]

Gold Gets Things Going

Did you know that gold is one of our most effective conductors of electricity? It is much more reliable than copper or palladium when it comes to getting the electricity going. Because it is inert, it does not react when it touches other substances. At the same time, gold does a very good job of conducting heat.  Isn't that interesting? Gold can [ read more ]

Gold Jewelry Intended for Pope Pius IX Goes on Sale

If you think you want to sell gold, what are you waiting for? Even gold jewelry that once destined for a pope is going on sale. The sale of such a high profile set of gold jewelry has made headlines; you are free to contact a gold buyer to sell gold with less fuss. Now the fact that this gold jewelry was meant for the Pope and he never received it [ read more ]

Gold Nanobots Compete in RoboCup 2009

The typical robot that we are used to seeing, be it in television or the movies or even in real life is usually gray or silver-colored, right? We’re not sure why that is. Probably because the typical metal used to create robots was gray or silver. Silver is certainly a color that we associate with machinery. Well, if you had an invite to attend [ read more ]

Silent Film Star's Unique Gold Ring Goes to Auction

As we mentioned earlier this week while discussing gold pacifiers, there is a time to keep gold and a time to sell gold. No matter how much we like a gold item, we may find there comes a time when we want to part with it and accept cash for gold in its place.

In December, a gold ring that once belonged to a famous actress is going to be [ read more ]

What is a Gold Krugerrands?

There are several types of gold coins and just one of the many available on the world market for collecting and purchase is the South African Krugerrand. Although there is no fixed size or weight for many gold coins, gold coins are wonderful collector’s items and excellent investments. The gold Krugerrand is just one of these collectors type gold [ read more ]

Stock Market Expert Outlines Reasons to Sell Your Gold

An expert in the stock market recently outlined reasons why the price of gold stock is going up in an online article. You may think that this has little to do with you because you don't want to invest in the stock market. You are looking to sell gold, but wait a minute--changes in the stock market price of gold can point to the reasons why you [ read more ]

It's a Good Time to Sell Gold (Discreetly)

A prominent investment company has declared that the value of gold will continue to rise in the coming year. If you did not already know, traditionally a rise in the price of gold is often connected to times of economic hardship, which was  are without a doubt experiencing right now. And even though some have said that technically the recession in [ read more ]