Category Archives: Appraisals

Selling your Jewels at Auction

Selling at Auction is a Simple Affair Are you thinking of selling your jewels? Is it time to find a new home for your precious things? There are lots of reasons for looking for ways of selling: “I’m selling my beautiful … Continue reading

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Auctions Simplified

AUCTIONS Bidding at an auction, or even attending an auction, is an adventure that’s entertaining and fun. Some people wonder if going to an auction might see them leaving with treasures they didn’t mean to buy. The idea of bidding … Continue reading

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Presentation Jewels

Through history, jewels and items of precious metal have been given as tokens of recognition. These tokens are sometimes made as presentations to people who have achieved something of note. Presentation: A Gold Watch For 25 Years of Service Presentation … Continue reading

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Natural Pearls, rare beauties of the natural world, and how we identify them

Natural pearls are a very rare thing. They have grown by accident, and are the product of incredible good fortune. Once upon a time people would dive, time after time, into the ocean, searching for the one elusive “oyster” that … Continue reading

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Things always go up in value, don’t they?

An appraiser or valuer regularly hears things along the lines of “my last appraisal was eight years ago, so I guess it’s gone up since then”. We do like to think that this is the case, but, sadly, it isn’t … Continue reading

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Appraisals serve different needs and markets

An appraisal can be prepared to serve different needs. The same item may be appraised to allow an insurer to add it to a household replacement policy, to allow a court determine an amount for settling a bankruptcy, divorce, or … Continue reading

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