An appraisal system comprising: an image pickup unit configured to pick up an image of an article to be appraised; a storage unit configured to store article information about a genuine product of the article and, associated with said article information, component information of a metal part of a plurality of genuine products corresponding to a plurality of manufacturers, respectively; an article information obtaining unit configured to determine, based on a result of picking up an image by the image pickup unit, a manufacturer of the plurality of manufacturers that manufactures the article to be appraised, the article information obtaining unit also being configured to obtain, from the storage unit, component information of a metal part of a genuine product corresponding to the determined manufacturer; an analysis unit including: an x-ray irradiation device that radiates an x-ray to the article, and a drive unit configured to positionally drive the x-ray irradiation device, wherein the analysis unit is configured to analyze a component of a metal part configuring the article by subjecting the article to be appraised to x ray irradiation and analysing the component of a metal part in the article to be appraised, wherein analysing a component of a metal part configuring the article includes: based on the result of picking up the image by the image pickup unit, the analysis unit determines a portion of the metal part configuring the article to be irradiated with the x-ray, and using the drive unit to positionally drive the x-ray irradiation device so that the article to be appraised is subjected to x-ray irradiation at the determined portion of the metal part configuring the article to be irradiated with the x-ray; and an authenticity determination unit configured to determine whether the article to be appraised is authentic based on the component information of the metal part included in the article information obtained by the article information obtaining unit and a result of an analysis done by the analysis unit corresponding to the component of the metal part in the article to be appraised. an image pickup unit configured to pick up an image of an article to be appraised; a storage unit configured to store article information about a genuine product of the article and, associated with said article information, component information of a metal part of a plurality of genuine products corresponding to a plurality of manufacturers, respectively; an article information obtaining unit configured to determine, based on a result of picking up an image by the image pickup unit, a manufacturer of the plurality of manufacturers that manufactures the article to be appraised, the article information obtaining unit also being configured to obtain, from the storage unit, component information of a metal part of a genuine product corresponding to the determined manufacturer; an analysis unit including: an x-ray irradiation device that radiates an x-ray to the article, and a drive unit configured to positionally drive the x-ray irradiation device, an x-ray irradiation device that radiates an x-ray to the article, and a drive unit configured to positionally drive the x-ray irradiation device, wherein the analysis unit is configured to analyze a component of a metal part configuring the article by subjecting the article to be appraised to x ray irradiation and analysing the component of a metal part in the article to be appraised, wherein analysing a component of a metal part configuring the article includes: based on the result of picking up the image by the image pickup unit, the analysis unit determines a portion of the metal part configuring the article to be irradiated with the x-ray, and using the drive unit to positionally drive the x-ray irradiation device so that the article to be appraised is subjected to x-ray irradiation at the determined portion of the metal part configuring the article to be irradiated with the x-ray; and based on the result of picking up the image by the image pickup unit, the analysis unit determines a portion of the metal part configuring the article to be irradiated with the x-ray, and using the drive unit to positionally drive the x-ray irradiation device so that the article to be appraised is subjected to x-ray irradiation at the determined portion of the metal part configuring the article to be irradiated with the x-ray; and an authenticity determination unit configured to determine whether the article to be appraised is authentic based on the component information of the metal part included in the article information obtained by the article information obtaining unit and a result of an analysis done by the analysis unit corresponding to the component of the metal part in the article to be appraised.