San Francisco Jewelry Doctor

Lynne sent me a picture of a necklace she had bought recently.  “I don’t love it, but think it has some great elements,” she said.     And i...

These earrings have a romantic feel to them— —which was lost on CeeJay. “Not me,” she said. “What else can we do?”     We looked at a number...

Here’s a pretty bracelet. Don’t you love that pattern?   Alas, the clasp is broken.  “Oh, well,” somebody says. “I guess there’s nothing we ...

“I’m not sure what to do with this,” said Lynne.   The strand had two great components: Leopard skin jasper—one of your Jewelry Doctor’s fav...

Nothing wrong with these earrings.  In fact, Fred said she liked them when she bought them. But they sat in  the drawer. That w...

K and I were wrapping up our initial meeting, after looking at a number of “patients” she had for the Jewelry Doctor. Suddenly something we...

“I don’t know if this can be fixed,” said Ceanne. “Let’s see,” said the Jewelry Doctor.   Turned out Ceanne was right: that ivory...

Nicky held out a box.  “I’m never going to wear this.” The Jewelry Doctor took a look.   Knowing Nicky’s style, she could see why...

Once upon a time an artist created a beautiful abstract fused glass composition. Just look at those colors!   Wanting the piece to ...

  “I don’t know if there are enough beads,” said Carolyn.   She was right. There were a lot missing. We talked about a couple...

“You can just restring this,” said Carolyn. I wish.   Look closely.  This necklace had a past.  The person who fixed it most re...

“Anything we can do about this pin?   It was my grandmother’s,” said Nancy.    And what a beauty!    Look at those flowers.    And that...

“I don’t know about this necklace,” said Ariane. I looked at it. Green African Trade beads, often called “Vaseline beads.”   Nothin...

Many a “patient” that comes to visit the Jewelry Doctor isn’t broken. Well, this bracelet was a little stretched-out, that’s true. Bu...

Once upon a time the Jewelry Doctor heard someone say she had been told people should just toss their broken jewelry.   Not worth fixing*, ...