Why and how often should I have my jewelry appraised?

Jewelry should be appraised so that it has a proper realistic value on it. Not necessary the purchase price or what it might have been in the past. With the increase and the costs of gold and labor many of these items are more costly to replace today than they were just couple years ago. The proper price on it assures that if there is loss or damage that there is enough money put aside by the insurance company to cover buying a new one or making a new one.
Why should I buy diamonds and jewelry from Lion's over local competitors?

At Lion's jewelers we use many many sources for our diamonds, we don't rely on just one particular vendor or particular part of the country to get our diamonds from. we get diamonds from all over the world including some very desirable diamonds from North America some of the newest mines in the world are in Canada and so many customers are very happy when know that their diamond is coming from North America. We have access to these diamonds not just from the middle east, from russia or Australia, from all over the world we get our diamonds. In combination with that we have the largest number of designer brand jewelry under one roof in Charlotte. Nobody else has as many designers under one roof as we have here at lion's jewelers. We take of our customers like nobody else can we have in-house watch repair, in-house jewelry repair, its all done on the site and thats so important to so many people now-a-days and we can provide for their needs for sure.