If you would like more
information or to place an order, please contact us at:
anthony@apkelson.com
or call us at:
406-453-8403
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Insurance Replacement Appraisals:
These are written appraisals required by your insurance company to
provide their underwriters with an accurate description (including
identity, condition, and value) of your customers jewelry property for
monetary coverage in the event they are lost, stolen, or damaged.
Fair Market Appraisals: These are
required primarily by the courts for estate or divorce settlement
purposes. However, they are also appropriate for customers wishing to
know what they should charge for their property if they were to put it
up for sale offering it to another member of the public.
Liquidation Appraisals:
Individuals, banks, estates, among others may need a liquidation value
appraisal in order to know what the immediate and reasonable cash value
of the items they possess are worth. We have over 25 years of experience
specializing in liquidation value appraisals for jewelry stores,
institutions and individuals.
Retail Pricing Appraisals:
Designed for the retail jeweler to assist them by providing an accurate
identification, quality ranking, and a market researched value they can
use for retail pricing purposes. For example, in the case of a period
piece of antique jewelry, we will identify the item, the period style,
who made it (if possible), when it was made, the quality, condition,
needed repairs if required, and a researched value that will assist you
in fairly pricing it for sale in your market. |
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Please feel free to call us with
any questions at 453-8403
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No Charge Consultations:
There is no charge or obligation if you wish
to meet and consult with us to see if your property is valuable
enough to merit an appraisal. After viewing your property, we
can give you a firm estimate for your consideration of our
appraisal fee.
First Appraisal:
$95.00
(appraisal minimum) includes complete written quality analysis
and valuation of gemstones and jewelry. It includes a narrative
mapping of the major gemstone plus digital photographs, document
binding, 1 extra copy of the appraisal document for your
insurance company and mailing charges to your home or office.
Additional charges that may apply in certain
cases:
$60.00 for
each additional diamond in a ring over 0.18 ct. and/or side
colored gemstones that may require extensive verification and
written description because of size and value. (e.g. some
rubies and emeralds, Yogo, Kashmir and Burmese sapphires).
Appraiser will advise at time of the appraisal if additional
gemstone charges might apply.
Some rings have a number of small diamond
accents. When these exceed four in number, there is an
additional charge of $3.00 per gemstone
for measuring, grading and valuing each piece.
Some cluster rings and tennis bracelets may be subject to
higher charges due to complexity and variation in sizes and
qualities of the gemstones in the same piece. We are happy to
provide you a quote for your consideration in advance of any
work.
FAIR MARKET VALUE
APPRAISALS which are done for estate, divorce, or
private sale purposes have an additional 50% to 60% surcharge
added to the total. In order to comply with the requirements of
the courts and the IRS, we are required to supply additional
market analysis and documentation covering the range of values
in the secondary markets for previously owned jewelry or silver
which are not necessary or appropriate for insurance appraisals.
In short, we have to spend more time on these appraisals. If you
have any question regarding this, please feel free to call for a
more detailed explanation that may help you understand and appreciate
the difference.
Additional Items:
$75.00 for
each item in addition to the $95.00 for the first item. This
also includes a complete written quality analysis and valuation
of gemstones and jewelry, narrative mapping of major gemstones,
plus digital photographs.
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Simple gold items:
$30.00 each
for listing, description and photographs. This includes plain
gold wedding rings, neck chains, bracelets, and earrings with no
gemstones.
Charm bracelets:
$30.00 for
the bracelet and $3.00 for
each charm. Each charm is listed, measured, weighed, fully
described and separately valued.
CD Copy of Appraisal:
$15.00
Yogo Sapphire
Verification & Valuation
Written Verification
of Yogo Origin including valuation for loose or mounted. On
mounted Yogo's, please refer to additional charges that may
apply for more than two accent gemstones.
 | 0.49 carat and under. $125.00 |
| 0.50 carat to 1.25 carat $175.00 |
| 1.25 carat and above $225.00 |
SAMPLE COPIES OF OUR
APPRAISAL
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