Entering item details
Entering Item Details
Step 2 of the new-valuation wizard collects the descriptive metadata that ends up on the certificate.
What's required
- Item title: short summary that appears at the top of the certificate (e.g. "Platinum Diamond Eternity Band")
- Type: the jewellery type — drives template selection
- Condition: New / Excellent / Very Good / Good / Fair / Poor
- Description: free-text 2–3 sentence summary of distinctive features
Optional but encouraged
- Item reference: your internal stock number, if any
- Year of manufacture: useful for vintage pieces
- Country of origin: required for some insurance submissions
- Maker / Designer: brand or named designer
Tips
- Write the description in the customer's voice. Imagine they need to recognise the item from the certificate alone.
- Avoid promotional language. The certificate is a professional document.
- Include any provenance or documentation you've sighted ("Original receipt from Tiffany & Co. dated 2018, sighted").