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ASA Announces Jewelry Forensics for Appraisers Course

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7 years ago

February 9, 2018

INSTORE Staff

(PRESS RELEASE) The American Society of Appraisers announces its Jewelry Forensics for Appraisers course being held on Monday, May 7, 2018 through Tuesday, May 8, 2018, in Carlsbad, CA.

Jewelry Forensics for Appraisers: The Evaluation of Jewelry Design and Engineering, Manufacturing Methods, Workmanship Quality and Condition will enable jewelry appraisers of all levels to better analyze and assess the quality of jewelry in order to establish value.

This course will cover the following topics:

Properties and characteristics of precious jewelry metal alloys.
Identifying common manufacturing methods by the distinctive traces they leave behind.
Objectively assessing workmanship quality for long-term durability or risk of failure.
An introduction of GIA’s Quality Assurance Benchmarking (QAB).

To register or for more information visit ASA Online or call (800) 272-8258.

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