Blog: buying jewellery online – insider guide

Something lustrous for the New Year? We've been bringing together a new collection of Vintage Cultured Pearls - called Vintage Pearl. Each necklace is individually chosen for characteristics such as Pearl lustre, uniqueness and charm.

We think it’s time to embrace the word recycled. Recycled used to mean toilet paper – rough toilet paper! These days recycled means ideal, sustainable and noble.

As a company, we have been recycling fine jewellery since 2011. We buy items made by distinguished jewellery houses like Cartier and Tiffany & Co. We then service and polish the items so that they look new or nearly new. Our engagement rings are always sold in “Proposal Ready” condition which means what is says!

As we do not support manufacturing at its source – our items are already made and do not require much in the way of additional resources. We are practically carbon neutral!

Pre-owned, second hand, recycled used to mean second best. We think that idea has been turned upside down. As we all seek to make the planet a better place to live we must embrace recycling in all its forms whether it’s paper or jewellery.

We are proud to sell recycled fine jewellery and we think you’ll be proud to wear it.

Having listened to your feedback we have introduced a new Concierge service so that you can sell your Tiffany, Cartier, Bulgari and other luxury jewellery through us but not to us. This service gives you the potential to earn more from your second hand jewellery and engagement rings.

Our Concierge service is a little like traditional consignment/commission selling but with the added bonus of access to our specialist services like professional cleaning, polishing, photography and resizing services. Our engagement rings are sold as "proposal ready" rather than just being "second hand". How many other sites offer this?

There is no other consignment seller in the UK to offer this range of services. In our experience 90% of engagement rings sold need resizing so our resizing service is vital to the sale of your unwanted engagement ring. If you compare our photographs to the photographs of regular consignment sites without concierge services then you will see the Bloomsbury Manor difference.

Please have a look at this table to see how our concierge service compares to other consignment services.

If you would like to use our concierge service please upload you details to the form in the link below. If you would like to learn more about our concierges please click here.