| To have your Waterford Crystal appraised is not an | | | | rough cut first with a Carborundum wheel and then |
| easy task for Antique Appraisers, Auctioneers, or | | | | smoothed out with a Sandstone wheel. |
| Estate Agents who are willing to sell off your family | | | | Crystal Appraisals can vary in value of 30% to 50%, |
| heirlooms at vastly reduced prices. These appraisers | | | | depending on lots of factors, one of them being the |
| do a lot of guesswork as to what the actual value of | | | | fact that more Waterford craftsmen hours went into |
| your Waterford Crystal is and hope to satisfy their | | | | each crystal piece, prior to 1986. Another factor is |
| clients. | | | | the period of when it was produced, whether it was |
| For Example | | | | a Limited Edition, a Master-Cutter Trophy piece |
| Did you know that the value of Waterford Crystal | | | | produced in the Special Dept. or a Chandelier that |
| Giftware was reduced in cost from the late eighties | | | | was assembled in harmony by the masters of |
| because of the introduction of diamond wheels with | | | | Waterford Crystal Ireland. |
| the straight cutting technique method? What this | | | | So, as you can see, lots of factors will come into |
| means is that the crystal was hand-cut in one stage | | | | play on how to determine and appraise the true |
| and eliminated a lot of time to produce, which was | | | | value of your Waterford Crystal and a daunting task |
| good for the company, in comparison to the | | | | for general antique appraisers. That is why it's best |
| two-stage cutting technique of carborundum and | | | | to have it appraised by an expert. |
| sandstone wheels, where a piece of crystal was | | | | |