Jewelry Appraisals

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Free Jewelry Estimates Many times people need to get a casual estimate of the value of their jewelry. There is usually someone on hand to advise you on the approximate value of your item at no charge while you wait. We are glad to do this, however, the estimate is not a valid appraisal for insurance. This consultation is a simple estimate to satisfy your curiosity about the approximate value of your jewelry.

Jewelry Appraisals If you need an accurate, valid, appraisal of jewelry for insurance purposes, our gemologists can assist you with jewelry appraisal and gem identification. Appraisals are done in-house by our Graduate Gemologists in our laboratory and billed at an hourly rate. We maintain a secure database so that your appraisals can be easily updated in the future with a simple viewing of your jewelry to confirm its existence.

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Gemological Credentials Karen Underhill, co-founder of Jewelry Designs, heads up our Appraisal Department. Karen has a Graduate Gemologist degree with Gemological Institute of America, and has been an upstanding member of the National Association of Jewelry Appraisers since 1993. In addition to her credentials as an appraiser, Karen’s activities as a buyer of gemstones and exposure to manufacturing techniques and antique jewelry gives her enhanced knowledge of material, labor, and period jewelry values.

Gemological Laboratory Jewelry Designs is the area’s leader in retail and manufacturing of fine diamond jewelry. Jewelry Designs is located in Danbury, Connecticut in western Fairfield county bordering Westchester and Putnam counties on the New York state line. Click here for directions. Click here for store information.

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