MULLOY'S FINE JEWELRY

Mulloy's Fine Jewelry is a family owned business and the son does appraisals. He had to go through a bunch of old jewelry and he knew exactly what they were, he told me what they were, he told me that he was interested in the silver jewelry. He was very knowledgeable, very personable, he was alert and knew his business. He just told me that if I didn't want the jewelry, I could give it to someone else in the family because it is old family stuff, he said I could use it for different stuff, he showed me old different bracelets and said these are the kind of things that make rings and he said that jewelry was made for just one purpose and that was to wear it and so he said I should hand it out to everybody and get people to wear it. I thought that was a great way of looking at it and so I took it and handed it out to our daughters and nieces and so forth. I had a couple pieces that I knew were slightly valuable and I took them to him for the appraisal and he said that he wanted me to understand that the appraisal was only for the actual value of the metal and gems, he had my grandmother's wedding ring and he told me that it was from before the turn of the century and that it was a very old piece. It was a classic collectors piece and that it had more value than the appraisal would say because he could not appraise the value of something vintage. I was very impressed with that. He was very informative, I got a written appraisal which I could use for insurance and that was wonderful and it was fine and very official looking and the ring had been cleaned, I was not expecting that. I have had jewelry repaired as well, they give estimates depending on the work and their estimates are very fair. They have a guy there who does jewelry repairs. I had my grandmothers old watch and he said that it wasn't worth repairing and he said that if I wanted to wear the watch, I should gut it and put new equipment in it and it will give me the time. He told me that it was worth it because it was sterling silver that was engraved and that it was quite a lovely watch and so we did it. The prices were reasonable. Their workmanship is good. The people there are just over the top nice. I like their product more than most jewelry shops that I walk in. They have a lot of vintage pieces and I like just to walk in there to look. I like them and I will use them over and over again. They took my grandmother's old pearl necklace which was broken and it was too tight and I wanted it longer and they actually matched the pearls and reknotted and restrung it. He told me before he started that the value of the pearls and the strings would be only for the repair and he asked me if I really wanted to pay that kind of money. They did a fabulous job and now I can wear my grandmother's pearls even when there were pearls missing and it is not easy to match pearls and the quality. It was expensive but I some things are expensive and some are very reasonable. The quality of their work is very good, whatever you get is in pristine condition. They told me that it would be ready on a certain day and they called me that morning and asked me to pick it up.