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Estate Jewelry: Assessing Value, Finding Buyers, and Maximizing Profit

Antique Appraisers Auctioneers

This comprehensive guide provides invaluable insights into estate jewelry appraisal, buyer identification, and strategies for maximizing profitability. Auction houses: High-end estate jewelry can be sold at Christie’s and Sotheby’s auction houses.

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How to Tell if a Book is a First Edition? Here Are 7 Clues

Invaluable

To research past prices, Larson recommends searching for auction house sales results , as well as information from subscription-only sites like American Book Prices Current and Rare Book Hub. “These are the places where collectors should do their due diligence as far as vetting the place and asking the right questions,” he says.

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Office Hours Information from March 2025

International Society of Appraisers

high end, branded, celebrity provenance) is going to sell at a high-end international auction house like Christie’s. A collection of unbranded jewelry that has no celebrity provenance may sell at a local or regional auction house. Descriptions/Identification (authentic, age, provenance, dimensions, etc.)

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Understanding the Different Levels of Value: It’s Worth What Where and When?

Artifactual History Appraisal

All appraisal reports written in compliance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) have to include identification of the level of the market the appraised values are set in and the effective date of the valuation. That $400 is called the hammer price, referencing the tradition of the wooden gavel.

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In Plain Sight: The Book As A Work of Art

MIR Appraisal

In June 2019, a large auction house sold an inscribed first edition copy of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of the Species for $500,075 – more than double its expected selling price. They are the chameleons of the art world, blending into the background of our daily lives.

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How Do I Get My Art Appraised?

Fine Art Estates

If you did not acquire the artwork through a gallery and cannot find similar works online, you may need to take the work, or send photo’s, to an auction house and tell them you are interested in selling the work. They gather information from over 979 auction houses from around the world.

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Selling Your Jewellery

Imperial Gem Lab

Check out post on 6 questions to ask an appraiser before hiring their services In order to sell your jewelry, the first thing you will need is an appraisal report that ensures the quality of the items and entails regarding the items identification. Where to sell jewelry A popular avenue for selling pre-owned jewelry is through auction houses.