You need to learn how to take care of jewelry and buy and sell it responsibly, whether you are giving jewelry gifts, receiving them, or inheriting family heirlooms. This article will provide you with some nifty tricks and tips for getting the maximum benefit out of any time or money you invest in jewelry.

Take a polishing cloth to each piece of jewelry in your collection. This is a fairly simple way to achieve shine without dealing with solvents and chemicals. Just polish each piece with the special cloth in the same way you would polish a piece of glass. Use the side of the cloth that is designed for polishing to remove fingerprints, dust and other surface imperfections, and then use the opposite side to buff the jewelry and make it gleam.

Make sure a piece of jewelry is still in style before you buy it. It is one …