Used earrings in Perth, Western Australia typically sell for A$15 to A$155 (about $11 to $110). Earrings sell fast and cheap to post, but there is one thing buyers care about above all: whether the posts and backs are the metal you say they are, because skin reacts to the wrong one.
Selling earrings in Perth
Perth is one of the most isolated large cities in the world, and that isolation is the single most useful thing to know about buying here. Freight from the east coast is slow and expensive, so the local second-hand market is deeper and better-valued than the population alone would suggest.
The resources industry brings people in on contracts and takes them out again, and a worker leaving at the end of a contract usually sells a whole household rather than shipping it. Those clear-outs are where the best-value listings come from.
Because freight from the east is slow and expensive, check that any spare parts you might need are available locally before buying something unusual. It is the difference between a bargain and a project.
Perth, in Western Australia, has around 2.1 million people, which means a deep enough buyer pool that most things sell without having to travel far to hand them over. Bunbury, Geraldton and Busselton are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Perth
Australia is a pre-launch market, so it is worth saying what a seller here should expect when it does open. Distance dominates everything: interstate parcels cost several times a metro delivery, and bulky items effectively only sell within a city. Most trade concentrates in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, and buyers in those cities expect to collect rather than wait. Seasons run opposite to the northern hemisphere, so listings that follow UK or US timing arrive exactly half a year out of step — warm weather items want September, not March, and winter gear moves from around May.
What earrings are worth
What lifts the price
- Precious metal with hallmarks where present
- Recognised designers and hallmarked studs
What pulls it down
- Missing backs, which are cheap but noticed
- Plated pieces with wear to the base metal
Working out what yours is worth
- Check both earrings match exactly
- Look for hallmarks on the post or hook
Getting it ready
- Check the posts and backs for a hallmark or metal marking, and note whether the backs are included.
- Clean gently and check any stone setting is secure.
Photograph
- The posts and backs, showing type and any marking
- The stones or detail close up, plus any scratch, tarnish or missing back
Put in the description
- Fitting type, and whether backs are included
- Any stone, and whether both earrings are identical
Lifts sharply before Christmas, Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day. Hallmarked silver and gold studs sell within days.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (Western Australia)
Common questions
Where can I sell earrings in Perth?
List it free and agree the handover with the buyer between you. Almost everything is collected by car and the city is built for it, so distance matters less here than in the eastern capitals. The coastal suburbs run a long way north and south, and it is worth naming a suburb rather than saying Perth.
Do they match exactly?
Compare them side by side. Slight handmade variation is fine and worth mentioning; a mismatched pair sold as matching is not.
How much are earrings worth in Perth?
Most used earrings change hands for A$15 to A$155 (about $11 to $110). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling earrings across Australia, what earrings are worth, everything second hand in Perth, or Jewellery & Watches in Perth.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.