Diamonds
What lab grown diamonds did to the value of your ring
How diamond values have moved, and what it means for an older valuation.
What I get asked
Plain explanations of jewellery, gemstones and what things are actually worth.
Valuation
Three different numbers for the same ring
Insurance, market and probate value, and why using the wrong one is expensive.
Diamonds
Old cut diamonds, and why you should never recut one
How to spot an antique stone, and what recutting one destroys.
Silver
How to read an Irish hallmark
The crowned harp, Hibernia, the date letter and the maker's mark.