Searching for Best Gold Prices in the Southland

Patch editors shopped several items around gold-buying stores in Oak Lawn, Orland Park and Frankfort to see how the gold-selling process works and to weigh the different offers.

Since the stock market started going on a bender again, gold has suddenly become everyone’s favorite metal. With the precious metal trading up to a record-setting $1,800 per ounce, gold-buying stores are also setting records as people bring in their old jewelry, coins and even their gold teeth to cash in on the latest gold rush. “Our company is going crazy,” said Jerry Lang, store operations director for Midwest Gold Buyers. “We’re setting new records every day.” With gold-buying stores multiplying like bunnies, it’s hard to know which shop will give you the best price for the single gold earring or broken gold watch. As a public service, Orland Park Patch editor Ben Feldheim and Oak Lawn Patch editor Lorraine Swanson gathered some gold …

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