AboutBill and Sally Jarrett Expertise We are collectors, hobbyists and dealers in memorabilia and antiques - especially antique vintage and costume jewelry items. For 10 years we owned an antique shop here in Central Florida but retired and reopened a site on the internet that specializes mostly in antique jewelry and accessories such as perfume bottles, etc. Bill is informed on general antiques specializing in china and silver or sterling tablewares while Sally tends to jewelry and paper/advertising ephemera. We receive a lot of general questions from our site and would be glad to try and answer or give direction not considered for official appraisal purposes, i.e. estate or insurance.
Experience 10 years as antique shop owners
8 years as a jewelry designer supplying designs
to Walt Disney World, Universal Studios and MGM as well
well as other limited outlets.
Question Hi, I recently went mining and found a healthy amount of raw Garnet, and Ruby (my birthstone), how do I find an honest cutter?
Answer Hello Randel and thank you for your inquiry. I would check with your local jeweler or gemologist for references on gemstone cutting. I'm not very familiar with this type of work, but imagine they would be able to assist you. Here is a link below that may be of some help to you. I have not used them, but they may provide you some information. Just copy and paste their url into your browser address field and hit enter:
