Our Services

We partner with jewelry stores, wholesalers, auction houses, antique dealers, pawnbrokers, coin and bullion dealers, and other businesses to provide your clients with high-quality professional appraisals. Services include insurance, estate, donation, dissolution of marriage, and fair market value appraisals for all forms of jewelry, gems, flatware and hollowware, coins, and watches. Appraisals are performed using specialized equipment and software to ensure you and your clients receive accurate and professional appraisal reports.

We offer both on-site and off-site appraisal services:

• Off-site appraisals for clients in the Twin Cities metro area have a one-week turnaround and include pickup and drop-off. Items are fully insured while in transit and at our lab in a secured location. Expedited services are also available.

• Clients outside the Twin Cities metro area may contact us to set up ongoing bi-weekly, monthly, or bi-monthly full day on-site services aligned with your business’s appraisal demand.

• Onsite jewelry appraisal clinics to provide your customers with informative, while-they-wait services.

We can also assist with buying events at your store, diamond and colored stone grading, break out diamond melee and gemstone identification and sorting, inventory assistance, in-store sales assistance during peak holiday seasons, special events, and jewelry courier services.

Contact us to explore the service models that will best satisfy your customers and help your business thrive. Our mission is to help you succeed.

Individual clients can work directly with Geer Gemological Services to obtain insurance, estate, donation, dissolution of marriage, and fair market value appraisals for all forms of jewelry, gems, flatware and hollowware, coins, and watches. 

Clients select between two options:

• Complementary pickup/delivery of items for off-site appraisals at our fully-equipped lab in a secured location.

• While-you-wait appraisals in your home, office, or bank vault using our mobile gemological laboratory.

We are fully insured so you can rest easy knowing your valuables are covered during transit and while at our facility.

We use specialized equipment and software to provide you with accurate and thorough appraisals.

Appraisals are typically completed within one week, expedited services are available upon request.

All jewelry appraisals include a free cleaning and diagnosis of any damage or needed repairs. Insurance provider correspondence, quotes on repairs, and facilitation of repair services are all available upon request.

We are passionate about helping clients find the perfect piece. Whether you’re looking for the perfect engagement ring, a birth-year luxury watch, a recreation of a lost heirloom, or that hard to find unicorn piece, we can help make your vision a reality.

With a robust network of luxury brand designers, custom 3D CAD designers, estate and antique dealers, and diamond and gemstone wholesalers, we take the time and hassle out of finding that rare and elusive item. We negotiate on your behalf for the best price and work with you to meet deadlines for anniversaries and other special events.

We are committed to ethical and sustainable practices and prioritize sourcing up-cycled metals and refinished diamonds and gemstones for custom pieces. Vintage or period-appropriate presentation boxes and packaging is available upon request.

Take the hassle and stress out of selling your items. We assist clients in finding the right market and interested buyer for your jewelry, gemstones, diamonds, coins, and watches. Our goal is to maximize your return by identifying and executing a strategy that will reach the perfect end user. We use our network and expertise to work with auction houses, estate dealers, wholesale buyers, and refineries. 

Consigning an item is ideal when you are willing to be patient. Brokering is an option when the situation is time sensitive.

Expert witness testimony can have a significant impact on the outcome of a court case. We can provide the specialized knowledge and expertise necessary to help the judge or jury understand complex issues regarding gemstone- and jewelry-related cases involving theft, dissolution of marriage, charitable donations, and more. Travel expenses, local per diem, and accommodations will be applied.