Appraisals
We can provide detailed appraisals for any of your pieces of fine jewelry.
We can answer questions about how much your jewelry is worth, no matter if the appraisal is required for an insurance company’s evaluation or to verify that you made a wise purchase. A retail replacement appraisal can also be performed to determine value for your insurance company and more.
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The fees for this service;
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The most common cost is eighty-five dollars, per item when done, in house, for a new appraisal.
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The cost is fifty dollars, per item to update an existing appraisal.,
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For appraisals that were done by another store.
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Very large diamonds or colored stone jewelry may have a higher cost
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we will disclosed before starting the appraisal.
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Loose stone without certification or Larger stones in a 'new' ring that does not have an existing appraisal will have a higher cost. We would need to send them out to get the diamond(s) certified prior to writing the appraisal. Starting at a hundred and ten dollars and up.
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There is no charge for updates to an existing appraisal once we have create one for you.
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Appraisals are transferable if you decide to sell your item, in the future.
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There is no charge if your only need a verbal evaluation and value for an item.
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This process usually takes;
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one to two weeks to complete this legal document.
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we require that you leave your item(s) for two to three days, after witch you can pick up your item(s).
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the item is meticulously cleaned and inspected
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all stones are identified and precisely measured.
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photos are taken.
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we lookup and place values for the item and each of its stones comparing them to current market values.
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Once the appraisal is completed you will be called to pick it up or we can mail it to you.
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