Vickie L. Adams, BA, GG, ASA Master Gemologist Appraiser® — Principal
Vickie Adams
Appraisal Experience & Qualifications
- ASA Master Gemologist Appraiser®
- Graduate Gemologist (GG)
- Accredited Senior Member (ASA)—American Society of Appraisers
- Certified Insurance Appraiser™—Jewelry Appraisal Institute
- 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
- Senior Member—National Association of Jewelry Appraisers (NAJA)
- Member—Forensic Expert Witness Association
Ms. Adams has 29 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 2005
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, 2007
Gems and Jewelry Committee Education Chair for Gems and Jewelry, 2007
- International Board of Examiners appointment for Gems and Jewelry discipline, 2002, 2007
- Accredited Gemologists Association
- National Association of Jewelry Appraisers (NAJA)
- Forensic Expert Witness Association (FEWA)
- Gemological Institute of America (GIA), Alumni Member
- Decorative Arts Council, Los Angeles Museum of Art
- American Society of Jewelry Historians