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All of our appraisals are done on-site and performed by a certified GIA Appraiser. Your jewelry NEVER leaves our store.

WHAT IS AN APPRAISAL?

Our appraisal is a GIA document that describes an item, assesses its relative quality, and assigns a value to it. Descriptions usually cover the visible, measurable, and analyzable facts about the item (weight, materials, markings). Most appraisals also describe subjective features such as gemstone quality, relative rarity, and overall quality of manufacture. It will also include a picture of your item.

There a few different types of jewelry appraisals but we have found that ‘Insurance’ or ‘Fair Market Value’ appraisals will cover all the needs for having your jewelry documented. We will help you decide which type of appraisal best suits your needs.

INSURANCE APPRAISALS

Most appraisals done today are for insurance replacement purposes. This is done to asses a Retail cost of replacing an item. Insurance appraisals reflect the cost, that is needed, to replace a piece of jewelry from a retail Jewelry Store.

FAIR MARKET VALUE APPRAISALS

Reflect an actual selling price between a willing buyer and seller, when neither is compelled by time or need to buy or sell in the item’s most common market. Fair market value must represent the item’s value in its current (used) condition. Fair market value is generally required for charitable donations and estate appraisals. Fair market values may run lower than retail replacement values, because replacement values often reflect the cost to replace a used item with a new equivalent.

As owners, Brian & Janie have over 60 years of combined repair, design and restoration experience. Everything from a simple chain solder to a complex fire damage restoration. We enjoy challenges and are not afraid to say that “We are very good at what we do!”.

We repair all types and styles of jewelry from Engagement Rings, Earrings, Bracelets, Necklaces, Stone Replacements, Clasp Repair and much more. And all of our work is performed on premise. We don’t send out our repairs to a central repair facility like other Jewelers.

Inside ring engraving, lockets/pendants, watch backs, trophy plaques, ID bracelets etc…All engraving is done on the premises.

We offer free engraving for items that are purchased from our store. We also offer affordable engraving services for rings, pendants, charms and most small items. We have different Font styles from which to choose.

We strongly encourage our customers to have their jewelry inspected and cleaned on a regular basis. Rule of thumb: Every six months if you casually wear your jewelry or every 3 months if they are worn every day. Allow us to use our knowledge, expertise and equipment, to help identify small issues and prevent them from becoming big $$ problems. In our business, it is never so true, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Our free jewelry cleaning process includes:

• Inspecting each piece of jewelry for common wear and tear and ‘not so’ common wear and tear
• Ultrasonic cleaning
• Steam cleaning

Whether it is a simple refurbish or a total restoration, you are sure to be amazed at our results.

There are a lot of companies that claim that they do “Jewelry Restorations”. The fact is, most restorations are beyond the scope, skill or knowledge, of most businesses. To perform a true “restoration”, requires an intricate knowledge of jewelry manufacturing with solid background in Metallurgy and Mechanics of Materials. We here at Christoff Jewelers have extensive knowledge, experience and the tools necessary to perform a proper Jewelry Restorations. We have tackled some tricky projects, that were passed on by other Jewelers, with wonderful results! We have been doing this for so long, that we have pretty much seen it all and we love a challenge.