! KEITH O’CONNOR
ou might just “strike gold” on a visit to The Gold Trader and Diamond Shop in Springfield. Founded in 2010, Gold Trader opened to the public buying gold, silver, diamonds, silverplate, jewelry, coins and collectibles. “After we opened, we began hearing from customers how much they had paid for jewelry that they had purchased at other locations. We felt expanding to retail could bring value to a marketplace where people were paying high prices,” said David Rosen of Gold Trader, Inc. So, in 2014 the store expanded into a full-scale hybrid, continuing to buy from the public, but now serving customers as a full-service jewelry store with a large selection of new
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and estate gold, silver and diamond jewelry - diamond engagement rings, gold chains, earrings, bracelets, fashion rings, their own line of Collinsville Watches and more. They have a full-time GIA-trained gemologist and Diamond District affiliation meaning customers get direct to New York diamond prices. “We have a very nice selection of diamonds in our cases, but you can only have so many on display. You can mix and match. You might like the setting on one ring and just the diamond on another. Decisions, decisions, decisions. Whether shopping for a GOLOCALMAGAZINES.COM 29
