Find the shop

Come closer

Setting the stones

Aldermere is a jewellery shop in the old town of Forchheim that buys and sells across one counter. Bring what you no longer wear. Leave with what you will.

Find the shop What we buy

Laternengasse 12, Forchheim
Tue to Sat, 10 to 6

Everything here has been somebody's before, or is about to be. We weigh it, test it and price it while you watch.

Gold

Broken chains, single earrings, a wedding band from another life. We test the carat, weigh it in front of you and pay by the day's price.

  • 9ct
  • 14ct
  • 18ct
  • 24ct

Silver

Cutlery, christening cups, trays that nobody polishes any more. Tarnish does not matter. The silver in it does.

  • 800
  • 835
  • 925

Coins and bars

Sovereigns, Krugerrands, the odd jar of inherited coins, and bars from one gram to a kilo. Priced by fine weight, not by guesswork.

  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Platinum
  • Palladium

Older than anything else you own. We grade cut, colour and clarity under the loupe.

The red that every other red is measured against. Rarer than diamond at any real size.

Blue from a pale morning to almost black. The good ones hold their colour in any light.

Never flawless, and better for it. The gardens inside are how you know it is real.

Set or loose, we buy them and we sell them.

Find yours

What we buy is cleaned, repaired and reset at our own bench, then goes into the cases next to new work. Nothing is listed online. You have to see it on.

Rings Resized while you wait, most days.
Chains and pendants Old lockets, new clasps.
Earrings Pairs, and the occasional single.

How it goes

  1. 1

    Walk in

    No appointment. Bring one ring or the whole drawer.

  2. 2

    We look together

    Loupe, acid test and scale are on the counter, not in a back room. You see what we see.

  3. 3

    One clear number

    An offer by weight and the day's price, written down. Take it, or take your things home.

  4. 4

    Paid, or traded

    Cash or transfer on the spot. Or put it towards something from the cases.

We will hold it

Not sure yet? We put it aside with your name on it and it waits a week. No deposit, no hurry. Sleep on it, then come back and try it on again.

The Rathaus, around the corner from us. Photo: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

In Forchheim since 1974

Three generations, one bench, the same door. We are easy to find: in the old town, between the Rathaus and the Kaiserpfalz, under the brass lantern.

Where
Laternengasse 12, 91301 Forchheim
When
Tue to Sat, 10 to 6