Helpful Documents
What to Do With Inherited Jewelry
A free, easy-to-read guide with practical steps for sorting, protecting, and deciding what to do with jewelry after a parent or grandparent passes away.
A free, easy-to-read guide with practical steps for sorting, protecting, and deciding what to do with jewelry after a parent or grandparent passes away.
| inherited-jewelry-guide-estate-jewelry-exchange-usa.pdf |
Preparing Jewelry Before an Estate Sale
A free, easy-to-read guide with practical steps for sorting, protecting, and preparing jewelry before an estate sale. It also explains how selling qualifying jewelry for cash may help with immediate estate expenses and faster cash flow.
A free, easy-to-read guide with practical steps for sorting, protecting, and preparing jewelry before an estate sale. It also explains how selling qualifying jewelry for cash may help with immediate estate expenses and faster cash flow.
| preparing-jewelry-before-an-estate-sale-guide.pdf |
Orange County Estate Sale Planning Guide
A free, easy-to-follow guide for planning an estate sale in Orange County, including how to organize the home, questions to ask before hiring an estate sale company, contract and security tips, and printable checklists. It also explains why selling qualifying jewelry separately before the public sale may provide faster cash flow for immediate estate expenses.
A free, easy-to-follow guide for planning an estate sale in Orange County, including how to organize the home, questions to ask before hiring an estate sale company, contract and security tips, and printable checklists. It also explains why selling qualifying jewelry separately before the public sale may provide faster cash flow for immediate estate expenses.
| orange-county-estate-sale-planning-guide.pdf |
Free Inherited Jewelry Sorting Guide
This free inherited jewelry sorting guide explains how to safely organize a mixed collection before deciding what to keep, divide, appraise, sell, donate, or store. It covers important steps such as photographing the collection, preserving paperwork and original boxes, keeping matching sets together, and separating fine jewelry, watches, silver, vintage jewelry, costume jewelry, and damaged pieces. The guide also includes helpful checklists, inventory worksheets, family decision guidance, cleaning precautions, and information about preparing jewelry for a private buyer appointment. It is designed to help families, heirs, and executors handle inherited jewelry in a more organized and informed way.
| complete-inherited-jewelry-sorting-guide.pdf |
Vintage Watch Design Basics Guide
Vintage watches can be found in many inherited collections, but their designs, markings, and condition are not always easy to understand. This guide explains the basic features of vintage watches and offers practical information to help families recognize what they may have before holding an estate sale. Taking time to review older watches first may help prevent an interesting, collectible, or restorable timepiece from being overlooked.
Vintage watches can be found in many inherited collections, but their designs, markings, and condition are not always easy to understand. This guide explains the basic features of vintage watches and offers practical information to help families recognize what they may have before holding an estate sale. Taking time to review older watches first may help prevent an interesting, collectible, or restorable timepiece from being overlooked.
| vintage_watch_design_basics_estate_sale_guide.pdf |
How to Identify Antique Jewelry: A Beginner’s Guide
This beginner-friendly guide explains how to identify antique jewelry by examining its style, construction, clasps, markings, materials, and signs of age. It introduces major jewelry periods, including Georgian, Victorian, Art Nouveau, Edwardian, and early Art Deco. The guide also answers common questions about inherited jewelry, estate collections, safe handling, cleaning, and when to contact a buyer. Estate Jewelry Exchange USA purchases antique, vintage, and mixed jewelry collections from estates throughout Orange County.
This beginner-friendly guide explains how to identify antique jewelry by examining its style, construction, clasps, markings, materials, and signs of age. It introduces major jewelry periods, including Georgian, Victorian, Art Nouveau, Edwardian, and early Art Deco. The guide also answers common questions about inherited jewelry, estate collections, safe handling, cleaning, and when to contact a buyer. Estate Jewelry Exchange USA purchases antique, vintage, and mixed jewelry collections from estates throughout Orange County.
| antique_jewelry_beginners_guide_estate_jewelry_exchange_usa.pdf |
Inherited Jewelry Selling Checklist:
| orange_county_inherited_jewelry_selling_checklist.pdf |
Inherited Jewelry family Division Guide:
| inherited_jewelry_family_division_guide_and_worksheet_1_.pdf |
Decision Guide and Check List:
| surviving_spouse_jewelry_decision_guide_and_checklist.pdf |
Estate Jewelry Recordkeeping Guide for Executors and Trustees:
| estate_jewelry_recordkeeping_guide_for_executors_and_trustees.pdf |
Free guide: Putting Your Estate Jewelry Affairs in Order During a Terminal Illness
| putting_estate_jewelry_affairs_in_order_during_terminal_illness_guide.pdf |
The 21-page Moving a Parent Into Assisted Living: Jewelry and Valuables Guide includes printable worksheets for:
- Parent wishes and decision support
- Ownership and authority
- Room-by-room jewelry searches
- Keepsakes and family gifts
- Jewelry approved for sale
- Assisted-living valuables policies
- Move-in jewelry inventory
- Outside storage records
- Office versus on-site appointments
- Offer and payment documentation
- Moving-day control
- Jewelry discovered after the move
| moving-parent-assisted-living-jewelry-valuables-guide.pdf |
Jewelry Found in an Estate:
A Beginner’s Guide to Vintage Costume Jewelry, Sterling Silver, Sorting, and Selling
A Beginner’s Guide to Vintage Costume Jewelry, Sterling Silver, Sorting, and Selling
| jewelry-found-in-an-estate-beginners-guide.pdf |
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