Mexican people might melt down the vintage jewelries

Hello, this is the owner.

In early February, I went to Mexico City to do some purchasing as part of my job, but every time I go there I feel the fear that, as the title says, these people are melting down...

The reason is that even if  I talked with a jewelry store owner, when I said I am looking for old jewelries, they answered, "Why would you buy old jewelry although there is new stuff here?"
As I wrote in another blog, most people generally believe that new things are better, and don't see the need to go out of their way to collect old things.

Of course, you may find them at antique shops or second-hand clothing stores, but the quantities available are generally very limited.

Mexico still ranks among the world's leading producers of silver, but there is information that the silver mines currently being mined will eventually be depleted.
However, there are still people who make a living by selling Mexican jewelries, and I believe silver will continue to be in demand in the future.

During this trip, something happened that turned such anxiety into conviction.
I went into a second-hand clothing store and casually asked the owner, "Don't you think they're melting them?" and he replied, "Yes, they're melting them a lot, I know that."

According to the shop owner, people tend to focus on silver's value as a mineral, so obvious antiques are protected, but items from the period when it was made by hand are being melted down for modern, unattractive mass-produced items.

I know it's a bit strange for me to say this as a seller, but the definition of vintage is very vague. However, if you go to Mexico, you will understand that the new jewelry sold in Taxco and the jewelry purchased as vintage items have a clearly different atmosphere. (This is just my impression.)

What I learned this time is that more and more beautiful pieces of jewelry are being melted down and reborn as shiny new jewelry.

I think the hurdle for finding a good specimen will become higher and higher in the future.
Please take a look at the jewelry we unearthed in Mexico.