Jewelry cost-per-unit trend

Each point is the monthly median cost-per-unit across priced jewelry lots — the middle value, not an average, so one outlier truckload can’t drag the line. A live lot counts in the month it first appeared in the feed; an ended lot counts in the month it closed. Lots match the category by their title — the same category match the live feed uses — and cost per unit is the lot’s price divided by its listed unit count, where the source publishes one.

Months with fewer than 30 priced lots render as insufficient data and stay off the chart — a median over a handful of lots isn’t trustworthy. That floor gates the chart, the “Months with data” stat, and the month table above alike.

The lots behind the series come from the nine marketplaces BStalker scans: Liquidation.com, B-Stock, DirectLiquidation, 888 Lots, Via Trading, BlueLots, GovDeals, Musick, and QuickBidz. Sitewide medians, discount-vs-retail, and closing-time patterns are on the statistics page.

Jewelry lots are mostly fashion jewelry and accessories — necklaces, bracelets, earrings, watch accessories — high piece-count and low per-piece cost. These are returns and overstock rather than fine jewelry. The brand and style mix on the manifest drives sell-through; condition is typically new or shelf-pull.

Jewelry per-unit is low with high piece counts, so the style and brand mix on the manifest — not the bid — drives whether the lot works. BStalker shows the per-unit cost where units are listed.

What goes into a per-unit number — bids, buyer premiums, freight — is covered in liquidation pallet costs explained, and the live lots themselves are on the jewelry lots page.