Verma Jewelry has spent the last 20 years studying and pricing jewelry for estate executors, inheritors and collectors. Estate jewelry pieces have become more desirable over the last 5 years.  Demand from jewelry collectors who want a unique item that tells a story has increased. The gold and diamond jewelry we purchase is rich with nostalgia and we love to hear the stories that come along with it.

How we categorize Estate Jewelry

Items with diamonds: We have appraised thousands of diamond jewelry items from tennis bracelets to diamond encrusted custom jewelry pieces. We valuate diamond jewelry based on it’s current condition. If the item cannot be resold we will price it according to the metal and diamond component values.

    Designer Items: Signed designer pieces are one of our favorite types of estate jewelry. Tiffany and Co., vintage Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels are a few of our absolute favorites. These brands and others like them currently command incredibly strong prices in the second hand market. For example an animal brooch originally sold for $800-$1500 by Cartier in the 1970s can easily now be worth over $15,000. The market is based on auction results and we can offer you maximum value based on these results.

    Scrap Gold: One of the items commonly found in large estates is jewelry that cannot be resold. Either it is broken or the condition has deteriorated beyond repair. This jewelry is still sellable. Gold prices allow these pieces to hold fantastic value. When we receive gold jewelry we test it for the gold percentage and purity. We price the gold based on these metrics and the spot price, most current market price, of the gold. The result, you get the best current price for your broken and scrap gold.