Rockville
Jewelry Appraisal experts around Rockville MD
Reviews of respected Appraisers, Gemologists & Gem Labs who provide jewelry appraisal and gem testing services to the City of Rockville and throughout Montgomery County. Appraisals for insurance replacement, probate, equitable distribution, donation, resale, divorce and services to assist in purchase verification and expert witness scenarios.
All JAW Associates:
- Are full-time accredited Appraisers and diamond experts, not retail jewelers.
- Are fully qualified and experienced.
- Have had all of their credentials independently verified by us.
- Are held to account by national and sometimes also international appraisal governing bodies.
Click the "View Profile" button on the Appraisers' listings below to view their full profile. This displays their credentials, appraisal cost, gallery, client reviews, an outline of their appraisal & gemological services and advice on how you can do business with them.
The Appraisers below are arranged in order of the number of customer reviews they have received.
Yantz Bradbury Associates
Rockville, MD, USA
Rating (6 reviews)
5.0
Yantz Bradbury Associates is an independent jewelry and watch appraisal service headed by Sherlene Y. Bradbury, a GIA Graduate Gemologist-in-Residence and a Certified Master Appraiser with the National Association of Jewelry Appraisers with retail and appraisal experience dating back to 1979. Sherlene does not buy or sell jewelry so her opinions are without bias and based on independent market research.
Her office is conveniently located in Rockville, MD near major highways and the Metro. With few exceptions, you will leave with the appraisal documents... [more info, fees, reviews etc]
Types of Jewelry Appraisals
Only those specifically referred to on this page are described here
Further types will be mentioned on the Appraisers' profile pages as there are several other types of appraisal reports, each with its own particular wording, purpose, objectives and resulting values. For an expanded list of valuation types, go to the Appraisal Definitions page.
Liquidation (commonly requested) - an appraisal provided to assist the client in the relatively rapid sale of their jewelry or watches may take the form of an appraisal report or a restricted report. It may be presented in either written or verbal format and as with other types of resale valuations the level of detail included and the type of value(s) requested are the client’s choice.
Fair Market Value (occasionally requested) - This type of value is most commonly defined by law, regulation or a local jurisdiction. In general there is no presumption that a sale will occur within a specific time in the future but rather the assumption that the sale had occurred as of the valuation date. The broad, generic definition is: ‘The price at which the jewelry would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither being under any compulsion to buy or sell, and both having reasonable knowledge of relevant facts’.