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Retail Jewelry Customers
Insurance Companies
Attorneys
Banks (Trust and Estate)
Jewelry Retailers
Pawn Shops
A replacement value report is used by your insurance company to provide descriptive and value information to insure your jewelry items against loss or damage.
Used for estate valuation purposes, it is necessary to determine inheritance taxes on individual estates. Fair Market value as defined by IRS is used and listing of comparable sales is required by law for this type of valuation.
For equitable division of community property, fair market value is used.
To determine the tax basis for donated items, fair market value is used.
Used to verify an item of jewelry’s identity and/or quality as represented by the seller, comparison appraisals usually value the item at its most common retail replacement value.
This report determines the amount of loss due to damage, including the cost of removal, re-cutting and resetting of gemstones, and repair of damaged mountings.
This report is used to determine the most likely cash price the owner should realize upon sale of the item. Value can vary according the time constraints such as court order or bankruptcy.
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