Jewelry appraisals are very important for financial and insurance purposes. Your fine jewelry counts among your financial assets, and it’s important to have a complete and accurate picture of your finances. An updated appraisal provides a precise estimate of your jewelry’s value, which can be important for estate planning, tax purposes, and more. 

 

Understanding your jewelry’s monetary value is also necessary if you want to insure your jewelry. Life is unpredictable, and no matter how well you take care of your jewelry, it could still be lost, damaged or stolen. If this ever happens, your insurer will need to know your jewelry’s value in order to file the claim. If your appraisal is outdated, you run the risk of being underinsured, which may end up costing you a lot of money. 

 

Appraisal documents can also provide important details about your piece(s) in the event that you need a jeweler to recreate them. 
 

With your jewelry appraisal, you will receive documents that give you an accurate and in-depth description of your items, including stone identification, weights and measurements, color and clarity grading, information on the types of precious metals and their values, and photos of the piece(s). Diamond plotting is available upon request.
 

The American Gem Society (AGS) is a trade association dedicated to building trust and confidence among jewelers and their clients. As a member of AGS, we aim to provide our customers with not only the best service available, but also with all of the information they need to understand the appraisal process. We comply with strict AGS standards to guarantee that we are providing the most fair and accurate appraisals possible.

 

We employ four of Alabama’s ten AGS-Certified Gemologist Appraisers. Our jewelry appraisers are highly educated in both gemology and in the methodologies of jewelry appraisals. Using our state-of-the-art equipment, our appraisers can provide expert valuation reports for your jewelry items.