Planning your estate often includes treasured possessions—family heirlooms, engagement rings, or collections that hold both sentimental and financial value. Including jewelry in your will ensures these cherished pi...
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Sometimes—but not automatically. An appraisal supplied by the store where you purchased your jewelry may be acceptable to your insurance company. However, acceptance does not necessarily mean the appraisal provides...
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Should an antique diamond be recut—or should its original character be preserved? That question rarely has a simple answer. Recutting may improve brilliance, symmetry, durability, and marketability, but it can also...
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Evaluating an antique-cut diamond requires more than assigning color, clarity, and carat weight. Historic diamonds were cut by hand using tools and techniques very different from those used today. Many have irregular out...
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What Does a Jewelry Appraiser Do? A professional jewelry appraiser identifies, tests, documents, researches, and values jewelry for a specific purpose. What You Will Learn What happens during an appraisal How jewe...
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A professional jewelry appraisal fee depends upon the number of items, their complexity, and the purpose of the appraisal. What You Will Learn How appraisal fees are calculated Why some jewelry costs more to appraise Wha...
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A GIA Laboratory report can provide detailed information about a diamond or colored gemstone. H owever, many consumers are surprised to discover that it does not state what the gemstone is worth. That omission is intenti...
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A jewelry appraisal can look perfectly official and still be seriously outdated. If your appraisal was prepared 10 years ago, changes in precious-metal prices, gemstone markets, manufacturing costs, and professional appr...
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Inheriting jewelry can feel emotional, exciting, and overwhelming. You may have rings, bracelets, watches, pearls, pins, chains, loose gemstones, and pieces you have never seen before. Some pieces may be valuable. Some m...
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What You’ll Learn Why guessing jewelry value can cost you money Why appraisal value and resale value are not the same When you need a professional jewelry appraisal How expert guidance can help when selling jewelry...
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Design & photo © by Peter Indorf What You’ll Learn Which selling options typically bring the highest prices Fastest ways to turn jewelry into cash Where designer, antique, estate, and diamond jewelr...
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What You’ll Learn When a professional appraisal helps before selling When an appraisal may not be worth the cost The difference between appraisal value and resale value How buyers evaluate jewelry Smarter alternati...
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What You’ll Learn If you have ever wondered what happens during a professional jewelry appraisal, this guide walks you through the process from start to finish. You’ll learn: Why the purpose of the appraisal ...
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Some jewelry sells for far more than metal value. Especially: Cartier Tiffany & Co. Van Cleef & Arpels Buccellati David Webb Georg Jensen Signed designer pieces often attract collectors. Period jewelry can also o...
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What You’ll Learn What diamond fluorescence means Why some diamonds glow under UV light The colors diamonds can fluoresce When fluorescence affects value — and when it doesn’t Quick Answer Diamon...
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When people shop for diamonds, they usually hear about the 4Cs—cut, color, clarity, and carat weight. But did you know there’s another scientific classification system that goes deeper, explaining why some di...
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At Peter Indorf Designs & Jewelry Appraisal and Liquidation Solutions, we're proud to share that we are now USPAP compliant . But what exactly does that mean—and why should it matter to you? USPAP stands fo...
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When most people think about buying a diamond, the “4Cs”—carat, cut, color, and clarity—come to mind. Jewelers and diamond experts have been using this framework for decades to help explain qualit...
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In today’s diamond market, the words we use matter more than ever. If you’ve been shopping for a diamond—especially online—you’ve probably come across the terms lab-grown and synthetic . The...
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