We offer:  Retail,  Replacement,  Insurance,  Estate,  Purchasing,  Scrap,
 Liquidation,  Collateral and Resale appraisals.

The stores owners are available to answer your questions, a personal
service that has been a Bartikowsky hallmark for 119 years.
We also have a Graduate Gemologist on Staff.

Please call us with your Questions at 570 823-7111.

What's it worth?
"Whats it worth?" are usually the first words off the lips of
individuals looking for an appraisal in a jewelry store.
This question, from a jewelers point of view, begs a rhetorical response;
"Worth to Whom?"

Appraisals come in all shapes and sizes: Retail, Replacement, Resale, Estate
Purchasing, Scrap and Collateral are some of the most common.

Retail appraisals reflect the original manufactures suggested selling
price or List Price and are usually given to a customer at the point of purchase.
Replacement appraisals on the other hand would be presented to an
insurance company as guide in setting a premium and would be a closer
indication of the actual purchase price.

Resale appraisals are given to persons seeking to sell and item privately to
a third party, on an online auction or on consignment.
They give the person an idea of a realistic selling price.

Estate appraisals are evaluations on an collection of jewelry that would be
equitably divided among family members upon the death of the owner or sold in estate sale or auction.

Purchasing appraisals are assessments made for people who want to
immediately sell their jewelry to the jeweler giving the assessment,
in this instance the items value is extremely variable and depends on the
current needs and buying power of the jewelers.

Scrap appraisals are appraisals on worn and broken jewelry that has no resale
value and would only be purchased by the jeweler as scrap metal to be sent to a
refinery, this is bought on a per gram formula set by the company.

Collateral appraisals give insight for a party who wants to put his or her
item up as collateral on a personal loan and needs an idea of the
appropriateness of the item for the particular situation.

So, What's it worth?

Appraising is more art than science and the best appraisers
apply the most science to the art.