PROVIDING APPRAISAL SERVICES FOR:


  • Private Individuals
  • Insurance Companies
  • Litigation Support / Expert Witness Services
  • Government & Law Enforcement Agencies
  • Jewelry Industry Professionals

TYPES OF GEMOLOGICAL REPORTS

Since a jewelry appraisal may be one of the most important and complicated documents to complete accurately, it is highly recommended that only a Certified Gemologist Appraiser provide reliable information and documentation on the quality and value of your jewelry. 

 

Hannon Jewelers offers the following types of Gemological Reports:

 

Insurance Appraisal /

Retail Replacement Value

This report is most commonly referred to as an insurance appraisal. This type of report is necessary for insuring your items against loss or damage. The accuracy and detail included in this report makes it possible to identify or have exact duplicates recreated of these precious items should they ever be lost or stolen.
Estate Evaluation

This type of appraisal is required whether you are an executor, a law firm, a guardian, or accounting firm in order to represent the client’s best interest. We recognize that these personal items have invaluable sentimental or emotional attachment and consider all aspects of the comfort level of the owner.

Dissolution of Marriage This is a fair market value report for an equal division of common property.
Damage Report

This report expresses the difference in value resulting from damage and estimates the cost of the removal, re-cutting and resetting of gemstones, the value of the re-cut gemstone (after loss of weight), as well as repairing or replacing mountings.

Resale This appraisal is needed when an owner decide to convert jewelry into immediate cash by selling the items.
Comparison This report is for a client who brings in a jewelry or gemstone item to verify its identity and/or quality as claimed by the seller. Comparison appraisals usually reflect the item at its most common retail replacement value.
Donation / Gift These reports are based on fair market value and are necessary for tax deductions of donated items.
Customs Evaluation U.S. Customs officials may ask for proof that an item of jewelry was not purchased in a foreign country from which an individual has just returned. 

 

CONSULTING SERVICES

 

In addition, we also offer:

  • Express Appraisals by appointment
  • Verbal Appraisals
  • Gemstone Reports
  • Identification of a diamond, colored stone, or metal
  • Detection of enhancements
  • Damage assessment
  • Quality disputes

 

I am also available for speaking engagements for schools, professional and civic groups.  Please contact me for more information.












 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

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