Antique and Vintage Jewelry Appraisals
Each Antique and Vintage jewelry item is unique and genuinely old, and as such, the “cost method” to reproduce a copy of the item at today’s rates is not used to help determine market value. Often it may be difficult to find an item comparable to the one being appraised. Even if a market does exist, it may not be large enough to yield sufficient data for an accurate evaluation. Given these limitations the best method available is to appraise Antique and Vintage Period jewelry is still to research the retail Antique and Vintage marketplaces for the replacement costs to the closest comparable items. Shown below are examples of items that are hard to find a close comparable.
