LONDON, 4 August 2012 - Comment from BullionVault on the Italian gold market, and how the financial crisis is affecting consumer demand, is today quoted by global news-agency the AFP.
Until the start of 2000, "Jewellery was the only form of gold investment allowed and Italian families still own considerable quantities," the AFP quotes Alessandra Pilloni, Italian operations executive at BullionVault in London, the world-leading gold and silver investment service online.
"Cash-strapped families can now sell unwanted jewels much more easily than before and last summer was a turning point as the crisis deepened," she explains.
You can read the AFP's full story - which is widely syndicated in English, French and Italian - here...
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