About half an hour up the road, and worth the drive for two things in particular: what an inherited collection is really worth, and repair work done properly the first time.
Decatur has plenty of places that will weigh your gold. Far fewer that will recognise an Art Deco platinum piece or an old European cut and price it as more than metal.
Tell me what you are bringing and I will have the right people and paperwork ready. Most Decatur clients get it done in a single visit.
A lot of Morgan County clients sell an inherited piece and put the proceeds into something they will actually wear. That trade usually nets more than selling outright.
The most common call I take from Decatur and Morgan County is about a box — a parent or grandparent’s jewelry, some of it obviously good, most of it unknown, and a family trying to work out what to do with it.
The wrong move is a pop-up gold-buying event. Those pay melt value only. A signed mid-century brooch, a 1920s platinum piece or a ring with an old mine cut diamond can be worth many times its metal content, and once melted that is gone permanently.
Bring the whole box. I sort it in front of you, tell you what each piece is including the pieces worth nothing, and you decide what to sell and what to keep. There is no charge for the assessment and no obligation.
The other reason Decatur clients make the drive is bench work. Resizing, prong retipping, stone replacement, shank rebuilds, chain and clasp repair, rhodium plating. Quoted before the work starts, with your stones recorded in and out.
If you have a piece that another shop declined — an eternity band that “cannot be resized”, a thin worn shank, a ring that has been repaired badly before — it is worth a second opinion. Some genuinely cannot be done, and I will tell you that. Many can.
Text a photo and a description first. I will tell you whether it is worth the drive, what it will likely cost or fetch, and what to bring with you. That conversation is free and it saves a wasted trip.
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.
Roughly half an hour to 7738-B Madison Boulevard, Suite 104, by appointment.
Yes — written appraisals at the correct standard for probate, which is a different figure from insurance value.
No. Plenty of people come to find out what they have and take all of it home.
Yes, at the day’s metal price — but I will check first whether any piece is worth more intact.
Yes. Rings, bands and custom work are the other half of what I do.
