Zip chains up in a small ziplock bag for travel. Zip right through the chain to keep it from tangling.

Regarding the chains + tarnishing: you can purchase “anti tarnish strips” for jewelry online. This is how we store silver findings for long times without them tarnishing. You just stick them in the jewelry box and it’ll prevent oxidation.

Regarding the chains tangling: take a piece of cardboard and cut a small slit on either side. Wrap the chain around that. Should keep it from unraveling and tangling on itself.

Regarding the rings: yes it’s fine if they’re in open air although you may have problems with tarnishing. As above, you can store in the jewelry box or a pouch with the anti tarnish strip. It’s okay if they touch each other but they are likely scratching each other just a little bit. It is best to store them without touching, but it probably isn’t doing anything significant if they’re sitting still on s counter. If you’re traveling and they’re shaking around in a pouch they are liable to do more damage to each other.

Lastly you can get polishing cloth which is a soft fabric with a bit of polishing compound in it. Gently rubbing this on your chains and rings will remove most tarnish (if it’s severely tarnished you’ll need something more aggressive) and will leave a slight polish. You can buy these online or at my store we give them out complementary (make sure they actually have polishing compound though and are not just a general soft cloth).

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Hope this helps :) I don’t sell online, but this is what I use to store my clients jewelry for repair etc etc.

Get cloths that are impregnated with cleaning and anti-tarnish solutions.

Sounds like you have too much humidity. Maybe add something in the containers to reduce humidity. They make black plastic like squares you can put in the baggies with the jewelry. You could also use silica packets in the ring holder.

I have the same problem at the artisans market that I sell at. The chains seem to tarnish the most. I suspect it may have to do with the tap room in the other part of the shop. I go in every couple of weeks and use a polishing cloth!

I use tarnish free paper to wrap my items in. It helps tremendously, and I've had some items for 2 years that have not developed tarnish. You can buy a roll of it from jewelry supply places; it's like tissue paper. With things that are already packaged for sale, I just cut a small piece and layer it in between items. Doing this also cuts down on scratches from pieces rubbing together.

For items already tarnished, you can use silver dip to easily remove the tarnish. That stuff works wonders.

How long does it take to tarnish from just sitting out? It sounds like you might have some source of sulfur (what tarnishes silver) around. Do you eat eggs around your pieces? Kinda joking, kinda not lol.

Silver will tarnish over time. Humidity, sulfur and other compounds cause it. You can use tarnish off dip to help quickly remove it. You have to pay attention to the stone. Not all can be treated this way. There's also a tarnish shield dip treatment you can use that helps slow down the rate of tarnish.

We generally use the shield treatment when we can and finished pieces for immediate rotation to sell are put in boxes with small anti-tarnish tabs. These function similar to a sacrificial anode in water. They draw the corrosion to themselves to reduce what else is getting corroded. If we are sitting on it or its overstock they go into anti-tarnish bags for storage.

Another option option would be silver cloth. Sometimes you might have seen old silver plated goods in dark colored cloth sacks. Those are silver impregnated cloths meant to be sacrificial to protect what was inside. You can buy it by the yard and make basic sacks to hold goods or use them to line storage bins to help with tarnish. We store our wire and sheet in zip locks with pieces of anti-tarnish strips added in. Big things where that doesn't work like spools of wire or chain go into silver cloth lined storage boxes to hold the material instead.

Desiccants can help but if you're somewhere with a lot of humidity those tiny ones you buy will wet through in no time. You'll need something bigger and ideally the ones you can put in the oven on low periodically to bake out the water. We tried the sprays and didn't care for them. It was hard for us to get a even coat and the humidity in our area caused haze issues that would turn the finish matte. We gave up on that route although I know others have success with it.

Those are probably brass and can be polished but, they look like they have a patina already from the factory.

you can get anti tarnish cloths that you can wipe it off with

Do you smoke in your room? Almost looks like tar stains to me

That can happen, but a dip in E Z est coin cleaner will fix it quickly.

Try not to touch it. Also, silver doesn’t like air, heat, or humidity.

you ever sneeze at your desk

That coin was definitely carried in someone’s prison wallet

I keep my necklaces separate in tiny tiny ziploc bags and they don't tangle and it slows down tarnishing :)

I have this one since I needed something that would lay flat: https://a.co/d/7eWHFy6

The only problem is part my longer necklaces sit at the bottom and the chains are too thick for me to layer them.

I’ve actually been using a thread spool organizer for mine😱 it’s been a game changer! It even holds my big chains and thick chocker/collars. The bulky necklaces I always struggled with but it’s saved me

Ugh, I need to invest in some costume jewelry. All of mine are self-designed with precision cut stones. I lack the versatility that you have! And I love your set up, like holy shiiiiit, so satisfying to look at!

Paparazzi..?

A lot of empty space on that first rack

Wow, your collection is IMPRESSIVE!

I used to have everything hanging on a pegboard, but wanted to be safer. So, I purchased a map cabinet (with many of those thin drawers) where they could all be laid out flat to keep them safe. I have drawers for earrings, bracelets, etc. and I have my vintage and antique all separated into their own drawers as well as silver and gold-toned in their own places.

Are you collecting for silver purposes or numismatic purposes or both?

Do not clean the coins. The cheapest option would be some non-PVC plastic holders or sheets. If you get a very valuable coin (e.g., MS65 gold sovereign or 1930 penny), you can buy more expensive coin holders.

you could paint it with a metallic paint pen you get from michaels then seal it with nail polish or some clear coat spray, or even some epoxy resin

only thing i know if to cover it with nail polish before the color wears off and even then i still have to reapply the polish about every two weeks but its stays polished if you stay on top of it

Protects clear

Thanks for the feedback everyone

You could in theory get it re-plated. Depending on what it looks like you could make a mold and make a new one from precious metals. If you just want to seal it, coat it with some clear nail polish or acrylic clear coat. That will seal the metal at least.