If You’re Knowledgable About Diamond Quality and Value, Please Help?
September 26th, 2009
pumpkywumpky asked:
I just purchased a 2.35 ctw diamond ring from an online auction. I absolutely love the style and it is truly my dream of a wedding ring. My winning bid was $2032 and I want to know for what I am getting, did I get a good deal?? I am not obligated to pay for 5 days, so I want to get some opinions and think on it a little more before proceeding with buying it or not. lol The specs on the ring are as follows:
I just purchased a 2.35 ctw diamond ring from an online auction. I absolutely love the style and it is truly my dream of a wedding ring. My winning bid was $2032 and I want to know for what I am getting, did I get a good deal?? I am not obligated to pay for 5 days, so I want to get some opinions and think on it a little more before proceeding with buying it or not. lol The specs on the ring are as follows:
Set in 14k white gold
(1) 1.55 ct round center stone
I1 Clarity
I-J Color
(62) .50 ctw round diamonds – accents
I1-I2 Clarity
K-M Color
(2) .30 ctw round emerald accents
The ring is so beautiful and elegant. To me, $2032 is a very good price when I compared to other similar rings/quality out there, but I’m no expert. Any diamond gurus out there please advise if I should go ahead and pay for this. And also, in your opinion, what would the retail value in fact be? The appraisal they gave was insanely high like most auction sites.
Thanks so much!
Pick The Gender Of Your Baby
September 28th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
r u sure its real? go to a mirror and try to scratch it if there is like a big scratch mark then its real if not they u got scammed
September 29th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
well..you got the diamond for a EXTREMELY GOOD price, but the clarity is not so good. the I stands for imperfect. but the color of the center stone is good. the 2 stones on the side are pretty sucky, but the middle is all that matters. as for the setting, 14k white gold is good and hard, but it might start to rust, so 18k would have been better. but overall, it was a pretty good deal, but the center diamond is probably a little below average, and the diamonds on the sides are below average. what kind of cut is the diamond? is it princess, round, brilliant etc..? that matters too, because if you have a brilliant cut, it’ll sparkle more than the rest of the cuts, because brilliant is the best cut. also the depths of the diamond and the table count too. if the table is too large, then the diamond wont sparkle as much.
advice: i’d buy the diamond. sounds like a pretty fair deal to me.
PS: have you seen the real thing, and does it sparkle a lot?
October 3rd, 2009 at 10:52 am
Believe it or not, Amazon has a diamond guide with all the colors and clarities listed. Get on the site and go to jewelry, then to diamond engagement/wedding rings. From there click on the link that will take you to those listings. The only stone worth anything on your dream ring is the center stone. The rest are virtually worthless. If I remember correctly, “J” is a borderline negative value in the color category. A 1.55 ct stone should be much higher than that to command that price. I don’t know how much the setting itself weighs but that can also sway price. Check out Amazon…it’s worth the five minutes you’ll spend there and check out their prices too. Good luck!
October 6th, 2009 at 1:23 am
Well, the price is about right.. a retail jeweler couldn’t honestly sell what you are describing for any more then that. That said, you also didn’t score any great bargain. The retail selling price on something like that wouldn’t be more then maybe $2500…. the diamonds are of very poor quality, in both color and clarity. You didn’t give any specs on the emeralds, but if they’re like most other emeralds out there in the mass jewelry market, they aren’t very high quality either. I hope, if you decide to go through with it, that the seller will allow you to take it for your own independent appraisal, so that you can return it if/when the quality and value turns out to be substantially less then what you were told it is.
If you have a picture of the actual ring you are considering purchasing, maybe we could give you a better idea?
And, just so everyone knows, genuine 14k white gold does not rust. No color of 10, 14, or 18 kt gold will rust….