Inherited collections, whole boxes, pieces nobody in the family wears. Sorted properly, valued honestly, and no obligation to sell any of it.
Most estate lots are a mix — a few good pieces, some scrap gold, and costume. I sort it in front of you and tell you which is which.
Victorian, Edwardian, Art Deco, mid-century and signed pieces can be worth well above their metal and stone content. A scrap buyer will not tell you that.
Very common. I will happily buy three pieces and hand the rest back, and tell you which ones I would keep if they were mine.
The pop-up gold buyers who take a hotel conference room for a weekend pay melt value, and only melt value. If a box contains an Art Deco platinum piece, a signed mid-century brooch or an old European cut diamond, melt value can be a small fraction of what the piece is worth intact.
Those pieces get melted and are gone. It is the single most common way families lose real money on an inheritance, and it is entirely avoidable — get it looked at by someone who can recognise what is in front of them first.
Bring it in and I will go through it piece by piece and tell you what you have, including the pieces worth nothing. If you decide to sell, you get a written offer. If you decide to keep it all, you have lost nothing but an hour.
By appointment at 7738-B Madison Boulevard, Suite 104, serving buyers across North Alabama. A full showroom for watches and diamonds opens at 7003 Cabela Drive NW in November 2026.
No.
Then you want a written appraisal rather than an offer, and I do those too — written to the correct standard for probate.
Generally no, though some designer costume has a real market. I will tell you if you have any.
Yes — single earrings, broken chains, dental gold. Weighed and quoted at the day’s metal price.
For a substantial collection, yes, that can be arranged.
