Wanting the Unwanted

Everyone loves a feel-good, underdog story. There is just something about cheering for the little guy that makes life fun. There is no better feel-good story right now than Jeremy Lin.

Jeremy Lin High School 2006 All-Star Team

Lin attended Palo Alto High School (2002-2006) where he captained the basketball team his senior year and led his team to a 32-1 record, upsetting nationally ranked Mater Dei for the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Division II state title. After receiving no athletic scholarship offers out of high school and being undrafted out of college, the 2010 Harvard University graduate reached a partially guaranteed contract deal later in the year with his hometown Golden State Warriors.  After his first year, he was waived by the Warriors and the Houston Rockets in the preseason before joining the New York Knicks early in the 2011-2012 season. The rest, as we know is Linsanity!

Athletes are not the only ones that get over-looked, vintage jewelry also gets waived from owner-to-owner (traded), or every athletes worst nightmare discarded (melted).

Joint Venture Jewelry

I am saddened when I hear gold buyers coaxing customers strapped for cash into their stores to scrap out their gold jewelry. If your jewelry no longer fits your style, there is someone who may love your old jewels. Just like Jeremy Lin, several teams did not see much worth in him, but instead of melting him, he moved along until finding an owner who found value in him. After bouncing between a few teams, I am glad Lin finally found a home with the New York Knicks where he is thriving.  Consignment is a great way to give your  jewelry bouncing between owners a new home, and that new home could be Joint Venture Jewelry.