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G’day, my name is David Foard F.G.A.A. and as your resident Gemologist and Jewelry Appraiser I would like to welcome you to the ‘Ask Our Experts’ page at the Insiders Guide.

I would also like to briefly introduce you to a few members of the faculty, so you can judge if there is someone here who can help you, because that’s what this site is all about.

Between us we have over 100 years of experience in all aspects of the Jewelry and Gemstone sections of the Industry. Retail and Wholesale, Manufacturing and as Specialty Dealers. If we don’t know the answers to your queries - we should at least know where to help you find it. You can contact me on the ‘Ask The Gemologist‘ page.

This is a FREE Service to Members of the Insiders Guide.

I am proud to be associated with such a fine crew.

But the truth is we can’t cover everything - so if you have a skill or passion for a section within the Jewelry and Gemstone Arena - then please introduce yourselves in the Members forum or send me an email with details of your experience.

You might become ‘Almost Famous’ as there is no financial reward, just the satisfaction of giving something back and helping those new to the industry, or collectors just starting out on their journey of discovery.

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The first person I would like to introduce is Manufacturing Jeweler - Christian David.

After seven years running his highly successful retail store, creating custom hand-made jewelry, he knows better than most just what goes into a design and completion of quality items in Gold, Silver and Platinum.

But he also understands the repair and restoration of Antique and Vintage jewelry too.

Members will find a Category Section within the Insider’s Guide devoted to Repair, Restoration and Manufacture, and you can usually catch Christian on the Member’s Forum. His advice has personally saved me hundreds - if not thousands of dollars over the past decade or so.

Members can reach Christian on his ‘Ask The Jeweler‘ page.

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The next person I am very pleased to have on board is Ann Dennis who has owned and run her Antique Jewelry Business on Two Continents.

Her 30 year experience living and working around the auctions and Markets in Wales and England, will be invaluable those collectors and dealers who often just need a little nudge in the right direction when it comes to Antique and Vintage Jewelry.

Now, after selling her British Home and emigrating to Australia, she has continued her fascination in the pursuit of Period Jewelry to the point of being obsessive. You should see her collection of 20th Century Brooches!

To reach Ann, Members can use her ‘Ask The Dealer‘ page.

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For those of you who have a web-presence, no matter how small, then our next expert will be of great help to you.

While Dan Lucas has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with Jewelry of Gemstones, it’s his web site building and general internet experience which should get you off your butt and into improving your site.

Simple things like ‘How to set up a Blog’ to ‘Changing the Templates’ or ‘Uploading images and sound files’ to your eBay Store or website is sometimes lost to we mere mortals.

Thanks to Dan at ‘Taffysites‘ who has created over 2000 websites and 40 Wordpress blogs over the past 10 years or so, we currently rank on the first page of Google for many search terms, and his PPC experience can help you to.

Getting your ‘Complimentary’ text files downloaded and reformatted into your websites or ezines is just one area he can help you with, because he is the WebMaster for all our sites and is responsible for the Uploads and Downloads of Articles and eBooks and images we currently have on all our other sites.

You can usually get hold of him Lurking around the Forums, but if you have a specific question, please contact him through his ‘Ask The Geek‘ page, which he assures me will be somewhere on this site.

He also wanted to mention that his image is a very good likeness

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Finally; if you have any General Appraisal questions, you can reach me on my ‘Ask The Appraiser‘ page

In the meantime - take care and watch the road.

Kind regards. David Foard F.G.A.A.

P.S. If you know someone else who might benefit from this special service, send them a short email with this address: http://www.online-jewelry-appraisals.com/ask-our-experts/ so they can jump on over and take a look for themselves.

Please Note: Any question which is suitable, may be published here on our website for the benefit of all. By sending a question, it is implied that you accept that. There will be no information passed (other than a first name) which could identify any individuals privacy - ‘No Publicity Please’ shall be the order of the day

Thank you once again - and please watch the road. David.

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