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About Jill Burgum
Jill Burgum, Consignment Director of Jewelry, Gemstones & Timepieces for Heritage Auction Galleries, brings a wealth of jewelry expertise to the company.
A graduate of University of Hawaii at Manoa, Ms. Burgum received her B.A. in Art History. After completing her degree, she attended Bowman Tech and Stewart's International, both for training in bench jewelry manufacturing, then the Gemological Institute of America in Santa Monica, California, where she completed degrees in both Graduate Gemology and Jewelry Design in 1994.
Ms. Burgum began her working career as an on-call preview worker for Sotheby's Beverly Hills, California. She then moved to San Francisco as a jewelry cataloguer for Butterfield & Butterfield Auctions in 1996, transferring to their Los Angeles Jewelry department in 1997 as lead specialist, which she eventually left to build two jewelry web sites for start-up companies. She has also worked in retail jewelry sales and owned her own independent jewelry appraisal business.
Ms. Burgum has been a guest lecturer for the Los Angeles Natural History Museum, Gem & Mineral Council, and appeared as a specialist on HGTV, KTLA, CNN and ANTIQUES ROADSHOW.
About Heritage Auctions
Dallas-based Heritage Auctions offers the largest inventory of collectibles in the world. In the last 12 months alone, Heritage Auctions has handled more than $700 million in auctions and private treaty sales. Satisfied sellers and buyers have returned glowing reviews of their experiences with Heritage Auctions, and the company remains the most prominent collectibles auction house in the United States and abroad.
Founded by Steve Ivy and Jim Halperin in 1976, Heritage Auctions quickly attracted the attention of numismatists and memorabilia collectors seeking unparalleled professionalism and knowledge. Now specializing in jewelry, time pieces, couture and vintage handbags, and more than a dozen other kinds of collectibles, Heritage Auctions also offers free valuation and tours of the treasures in each of its showrooms in Dallas, Houston, and Florida.