is it ok to sell my engagement ring from the past??

Answer 1

its yours and honestly if your not getting married than there is no reason to hang onto it

cash it out and get paid! ha-ha

Answer 2

Probably better to have the ring turned into something else or you can keep the diamond and put it in another type ring and sell just the ring for the gold value or have it made into something else. The reason I say this you won't even come close to the value of the ring especially at pawns shops. If the ring is worth lets say $3000 you will be lucky to get $400 for it.

Answer 3

Socially there is nothing wrong with selling your engagement ring from the past. Usually though, if you are on good terms with the person, you might ask if they want it back (especially if it is a heirloom).

You gould always melt down the gold and use the stone(s) for some other piece of jewlery.

Answer 4

Sure you can sell it. But, I would have it priced (not appraised it costs too much) before I did anything with it. You NEVER get what the ring is worth, it is usually scrap value. Which basically means the gold or silver content or weight.
Why not have the stones put into another setting, either a ring or necklace and enjoy it a little?

Answer 5

It was given to you as a kind of gift, so you can do what the heck you like with it!

I had an engagement & eternity ring from my first marriage. I tried to sell them, but was offered peanuts for them and they were not cheap items. In the end I gave the one to a friend and the other to my Sister.

Answer 6

It all depends on IF you two actually got married. If you did not, then you better hope he doesn't find out about the recent supreme court ruling.... The high court recently ruled that until you say "I do," the ring is legally his. The ring only becomes yours if you fulfill your part of the agreement to marry him.
While you still may have it in your possession, it does not belong to you unless you two actually got married. The right thing would be to give it back. Should you decide not to do this, I would suggest getting rid of it before he learns of this and comes looking for it.

Answer 7

I think it is okay. I sold a ring that I had tried to return to the guy three different times. He kept telling me to throw it in the lake, so I finally did return it to the store I where he purchased it and received in store credit for almost a thousand bucks.
Couldn't see throwing that kind of cash in the lake. I didn't feel bad about it since I had tried to give it back so what the heck, sell the darn thing.

Answer 8

How far in the past is it? I would wait 10 years from the break up - That way if he wants the ring back, he had plenty of time to ask for it.

Answer 9

Absolutly - it's yours and you don't want to start a new relationship with such a symbolic item from a past relationship. My husband got rid of everything but the video from his first marriage (including the ring). And he only kept that because there was footage of family nolonger alive today. My first suitor gave the ring he proposed to me with to his new wife - I think that's tacky but he could have sold it and I wouldn't have cared (and I think she would have been happier). Good luck on your new or future relationship and let go of the old (especially if it makes you a profit)

Answer 10

Yeah, go for it! If it didnt work out then why not? Just make sure theres no chance of getting back together or it might be a little hard to explain that you sold the ring.

Answer 11

Yes... why not?

It was a gift to you, as a promise of marriage. And, obviously, the marriage didn't work out. So the ring is yours to keep and do with as you please.

PS: try selling on ebay, you could probably get more for it than if you tried to go to a pawn shop or jeweler.