Appraisal Services

Professionals

Funding of Trusts — Fair market value jewelry & watch appraisals
Insurance Appraisals for clients
Inventory Verification — Banks often provide jewelry businesses loans which are secured with jewelers inventory. We can provide a verification & value to meet your specific needs.
Equitable Distribution
Estate Valuation — taxable & non-taxable estates
Liquidation consultation & appraisals
Fair Market Value & Marketable Cash Value appraisals
Auction Documentation

Jewelers

Insurance Appraisals
Estate Appraisals
Cash Liquidation & Marketable Cash Value Appraisals
Gemological Consulting — stone identification & diamond grading
Identification of Treatments — diamonds & gemstones
Training — New treatments & equipment, use & identification of diamond substitutes, diamond fillings & coatings

Individuals

Insurance Appraisals (see below)
Estate Appraisals (see below) — taxable & non-taxable estates
Cash Liquidation & Marketable Cash Value Appraisals
Purchase Verification & Consulting
Liquidation Consulting
Gem Identification

Jewelry Appraisal Purposes

Insurance / Replacement Value

This appraisal is most commonly used to obtain insurance coverage for loss or damage.

Estate

This appraisal is for documentation and establishing Fair Market Value to determine inheritance taxes and uses comparables to determine the values. Estate value is a very different value from Insurance Value.

Donation

This appraisal is also a Fair Market Value appraisal and used to determine the tax deductions of items donated to charities.

Damage/Loss

This appraisal estimates the difference of values between a whole undamaged item and the damaged item including recutting and or rebuilding or repairing damaged items such as fine jewelry and or diamonds or gems. For loss this appraisal estimates value from receipts and/or pictures.