THE LUXURY FOCUS
Latest Trends and Expert Tips
Pawning your Luxury Handbag
Over the past two years lifestyles have changed, uncertainty has become the norm and now with the cost of living crisis upon us there can be moments where we end up worrying about how to fund the months ahead. However, there can be a saving grace in…
Pawning vs Selling Watches During the Pandemic
Pawnbrokers loans are more common and seen as less stigmatised now than in previous generations. There are a number of well-regulated pawnshops offer…
Online Pawnbroking vs Traditional Pawnbroking
Online Pawnbroking vs Traditional Pawnbroking The concept of lending funds against assets has been recorded as early as the 5th century in Chin…
The Market for Banksy works and Art Finance
The Market for Banksy works and Art Finance Since 2010, Banksy prints and paintings have become a currency – traded as assets. Since March last ye…
Gold - the perfect online investment
Gold Investing: When It Began and How It Works Nothing indicates wealth and success like gold. Even the way we refer to gold in everyday language i…
Snuff boxes at the Pawn Shop
For centuries the we have been drawn to the exquisite craftmanship and design of snuff boxes. As the name suggests, these boxes were made to ke…
How to Buy It
Expert Tips on Watches
All watch brands with a very few exceptions will depreciate immediately after purchase. There are a few such as the grand complication Patek Philippes which are in such short supply and high demand that they can immmediately be sold for a profit.
Reissued retro - the new cool!
On the 25th December 1969, the mechanical watch became obsolete when Seiko launched their first commercial quartz wrist watch. Nearly 50 years on and that obsolete technology is in remarkably rude health, and new watch launches are stepping back in time.
Cash, Cheque or Rolex..?
Urban legend is that British special forces members travel to remote parts of the world with steel Rolexes as emergency 'tradable community', but a more modern take on the "Rolex as currency" is the practise of buying a sought-after model to take abroad instead of carrying cash.