I own several pieces of jewelry from Catbird, including one of these tiny letter charms — a lowercase a for my son, Arlo. It’s 14-karat solid gold, so I don’t have to worry about it ...

A typical 14-karat gold necklace weighing about 10 grams is worth around $400, based on current prices from Gold Calculator USA. An 18-karat gold bracelet recently brought in was valued at $15,000 ...

such as if it's 14 carat or 18 carat," Andrus said. 18 carat is nearly solid gold, and worth much more. Some items can be surprisingly valuable: a thick 18-carat bracelet someone had brought into ...