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A bad economy is a double whammy for the jewelry artists. Not only are there fewer buyers, fraud and stealing also tends to rise in a bad economy. In this article, I wanted to emphasize the things a jewelry artist should watch out for based on several incidents I have encountered. Let me take a recent personal experience as an example. As a designer and creator of gemstone, artisan jewelry, I have been doing art shows for several years. This July, I was at the Fillmore Art and Jazz show in San Francisco. Around noon, when the booth was especially crowded, a well dressed couple walked in and started buying a lot of jewelry in a hurry. The lady, Brenda Elmore, was making her selections quickly. She picked up five items , worth over $500, within a matter of 15 minutes. Then she started pushing me to ring her up even though I was with a different customer. She made out a check for the full amount and quickly showed me that the address on her license ...
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