Vickie L. Adams, BA, GG, ASA Master Gemologist Appraiser® — Principal

Vickie Adams, ASA
Vickie Adams

Jewelry Appraiser Experience & Qualifications

ASA Master Gemologist Appraiser®
Graduate Gemologist (GG)
Accredited Senior Member (ASA)—American Society of Appraisers
Certified Insurance Appraiser™—Jewelry Appraisal Institute
Senior Member—National Association of Jewelry Appraisers (NAJA)

Personal Property Appraiser - Residential Contents, Silver, Ceramics, Glass, Furniture, Collectibles

Certificate in Appraisal Studies—UC Irvine Extension
Certificate—Connoisseurship of Fine and Decorative Arts—UC Irvine Extension
Certificate—Expert Witness—California State University Long Beach Extension
Member—Forensic Expert Witness Association

Ms. Adams has 30 years of experience as an appraisal professional. She is an Accredited Senior Appraiser of the American Society of Appraisers (ASA), the oldest and most rigorous accrediting appraisal organization in the United States. She has continuously completed all mandatory reaccreditation requirements of the organization since 1982.

Ms Adams holds the Master Gemologist Appraiser® certification from ASA, the most coveted designation among Gems and Jewelry appraisers. She also earned her Graduate Gemologist (GG) diploma in residence at the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) in 1978. She operates a state-of-the-art certified gemological laboratory meeting the stringent criteria of the American Society of Appraisers, Master Gemologist Appraiser® program.

Certifications

Jewelry Insurance Appraisal Institute, Certified Insurance Appraiser™

Certificate Program in Appraisal Studies in Fine and Decorative Arts, UCI, Extension

Certificate Program (specialized studies) in Connoisseurship of Fine and Decorative Arts, UCI, Extension

Certificate Program for Expert Witness, California State University Long Beach, University College and Extension Services

ASA Reaccreditation - July 2010

Reaccreditation of Master Gemologist Appraiser® certification mark

Teaching

Instructor at University of California at Irvine—Extension

“Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Jewelry: The Fashion and the Flair”, Spring 2004
“Finding Treasures”, Spring 2004

Memberships

American Society of Appraisers (ASA)
- International Board of Examiners appointment for Gems and Jewelry discipline, 2002-2010
  Gems and Jewelry Committee Education Chair for Gems and Jewelry, 2007-2009
Accredited Gemologists Association
National Association of Jewelry Appraisers (NAJA)
Forensic Expert Witness Association (FEWA)
Gemological Institute of America (GIA), Alumni Member
American Society of Jewelry Historians