Scott Gordon has deep roots in Oklahoma City. He was born and raised here and attended Oklahoma City public schools. He grew up in the family jewelry business founded by his grandfather, Samuel Gordon, in 1904 and continued by his father Norman until his death in 1980. From his boyhood, Scott remembers many Saturdays and summer days spent in the fifth floor showroom in the old Cravens Building downtown, filled with cameras, golf clubs and blenders (product categories left over from his grandfather's origins as a traveling dry goods salesman). There, in the back of the store, where sunlight poured through the huge windows overlooking Robinson Avenue, he could be found with a loupe, tweezers and diamonds.
After attending Columbia University for his bachelor's degree and two years working in Tulsa as a newspaper reporter, he returned to the family business in 1977, where he spent the next fourteen years becoming the first professionally educated gems and jewelry appraiser in the region. In 1991, he founded his own business at 50 Penn Place. For eighteen years he polished an impeccable local reputation as a broker of fine gems and jewelry and designer of classic diamond engagement rings, while gaining a national voice in the world of gems and jewelry appraising. He has been quoted in Business Week magazine on the subject of colored gemstones. He has appraised for a number of local and federal government agencies, including an extended assignment for U.S. Customs in 2007.
In 2009, he published an article on the state of the estate jewelry market in Gem Market News, a leading trade publication reporting on current value of colored gems and jewelry. Last year also marked the momentous move of his office to a new location at Possum Creek Place, 6301 N. Western Avenue, where he has created a calm, beautiful, protected space to serve you. Much to his joy, there is a towering window, with daylight pouring, once again.
The heart of Scott's practice is gemology and appraising. It is much, much more than a business. It is a calling, which embodies a notion of service that requires lifelong commitment to the study of these fields and learning how they are best applied to the needs of those who find him. You will discover that dealing with Scott is a return to older standards of service to clients and customers.