First Emerald Purchase 4.30 Colombian Beauty

[Efleon]

Hi All,
I’ve been a PS member for a long time but never posted. I’m not sure why...I am an O.G. on tPF and post a lot there.
So I’m just going to jump in with both feet.
I have a nice jewelry collection but not many colored stones.
I have always been terrified of emeralds because they are soft and I’m clumsy and I’ve heard so many horror stories so I was surprised to fall in love with an emerald!
Love works in mysterious ways.
Without further ado, here she is.
Vintage all original platinum ballerina style with center 4.3 carat GIA and AGL certified F1 minimal treatment.
If you are not a ballerina style fan no worries I get it! My style is “more is more” and dainty doesn’t work on me.
I just need to decide which hand to wear her on. My right hand seems the obvious choice but for some reason she gravitated to my left.
She needs resizing so I’m still deciding.
The photos don’t capture the true green of this stone!
She makes me feel just like Elizabeth Taylor so I’m naming her Liz.
Thank you for letting me share.”

 

[lilmosun]

It is a beauty indeed

 

[junebug17]

My goodness, how gorgeous!!! Thank you for sharing this beauty

 

[Big Fat Facets]

it's magnificent!! i can see why it makes you feel like elizabeth taylor. she's a fantastic shade of green! a very glamorous ring, indeed!! i love that she is vintage and all original!
where did you find such a phenomenal emerald ring??? please do tell ...

thank you for sharing! thank you very much!

 

[Polyhex]

It's gorgeous and so so glamorous!!

I love the ballerina, the ballerina settings I don't like have a ton of metal showing but this one is mostly gorgeous diamonds!

 

[ItsMainelyYou]

Welcome to posting! You know this means you'll have to show us your collection though, right?
Pictures, pictures, and then maybe some videos followed by more pictures.
Rock on with your bad self. Liz Taylor approves. Nothing wrong with more!
It's a fantabulous emerald city on the finger all the way.

 

[Christinak]

Hi All,
I’ve been a PS member for a long time but never posted. I’m not sure why...I am an O.G. on tPF and post a lot there.
So I’m just going to jump in with both feet.
I have a nice jewelry collection but not many colored stones.
I have always been terrified of emeralds because they are soft and I’m clumsy and I’ve heard so many horror stories so I was surprised to fall in love with an emerald!
Love works in mysterious ways.
Without further ado, here she is.
Vintage all original platinum ballerina style with center 4.3 carat GIA and AGL certified F1 minimal treatment.
If you are not a ballerina style fan no worries I get it! My style is “more is more” and dainty doesn’t work on me.
I just need to decide which hand to wear her on. My right hand seems the obvious choice but for some reason she gravitated to my left.
She needs resizing so I’m still deciding.
The photos don’t capture the true green of this stone!
She makes me feel just like Elizabeth Taylor so I’m naming her Liz.
Thank you for letting me share.”

Wow. Thank please share more photos. This is amazing

 

[Efleon]

Thank you all so much!
I appreciate your feedback.
I most definitely will post my other beauties.
The picture in my avatar is one of the other important colored gemstones I’ve recently purchased.
I am super lucky to have the most fantastic antique and vintage jeweler relatively close by....well, within a 45 minute drive.
Please message me. I am not affiliated with them in any way but think they are fantastic and I trust their judgment.

 

[Tartansparkles]

Fabulous. I'd be wearing this lovely all day, every day!

 

[Rad_Fan]

I've been watching this ring FOREVER! So glad you got it and came back to share with us emerald lovers. It must be an important gem since the vendor got the AGL somewhat recently, on top of the GIA's.

LUSH!

 

[Arcadian]

so don't take this the wrong way

I just wanna lick it

Its gorgeous!

 

[Big Fat Facets]

Thank you all so much!
I appreciate your feedback.
I most definitely will post my other beauties.
The picture in my avatar is one of the other important colored gemstones I’ve recently purchased.
I am super lucky to have the most fantastic antique and vintage jeweler relatively close by....well, within a 45 minute drive.
Please message me. I am not affiliated with them in any way but think they are fantastic and I trust their judgment.

how do we "message" you?? i understand there is no private message function at this forum.

if you would be good enough to share with us, would really like to know who the vintage jeweler is... unless you are uncomfortable doing so

 

[emeraldhummingbird]

Hi All,
I’ve been a PS member for a long time but never posted. I’m not sure why...I am an O.G. on tPF and post a lot there.
So I’m just going to jump in with both feet.
I have a nice jewelry collection but not many colored stones.
I have always been terrified of emeralds because they are soft and I’m clumsy and I’ve heard so many horror stories so I was surprised to fall in love with an emerald!
Love works in mysterious ways.
Without further ado, here she is.
Vintage all original platinum ballerina style with center 4.3 carat GIA and AGL certified F1 minimal treatment.
If you are not a ballerina style fan no worries I get it! My style is “more is more” and dainty doesn’t work on me.
I just need to decide which hand to wear her on. My right hand seems the obvious choice but for some reason she gravitated to my left.
She needs resizing so I’m still deciding.
The photos don’t capture the true green of this stone!
She makes me feel just like Elizabeth Taylor so I’m naming her Liz.
Thank you for letting me share.”

Wow wow wow! What a beauty!
As my screen name suggests I am a big sucker for emeralds and yours takes the cake!!

As for which hand to wear it on.. If you're right-handed I would suggest the left hand. Less chance of swinging it around and knocking it on things. I realised I use my right hand to rummage through my bag for things, so no soft rings will ever go on the right now.

Take care of Liz and enjoy. She is amazing!!

 

[Diamond Girl 21]

I literally gasped! Liz is stunning.

 

[GliderPoss]

Wowsers! What a magnificent beauty....

 

[DauphineMucha]

! Curious if you would add more prongs to secure the emerald?

 

[elle_71125]

What a gorgeous emerald. The color really pops and I think she looks perfect in her ballerina halo.

 

[higanbanya]

This looks incredible! Love the colour, it looks so mesmerising!

 

[motownmama]

THAT’s a ring!

 

[Burmesedaze]

Dropdead GORGEOUS!

Another more is more fan

 

[T L]

Gorgeous, stone, ring, bling! Love it!

 

[icy_jade]

It‘s a beauty and love it’s blinged out setting. Congrats!

PS member for a long time but never posted. I’m not sure why...I am an O.G. on tPF and post a lot there.
So I’m just going to jump in with both feet.
I have a nice jewelry collection but not many colored stones.

Oh... pls create a SMTB thread to post your other beauties...

 

[dk168]

Love the emerald and the setting, thanks for sharing!

DK

 

[Yelena]

Wowee! Liz is a great name for her because she’s got glamour in spades.

May I ask what is tPF? If you cannot say because it would break some sort of rule for this forum, that’s totally cool.

Thanks so much for sharing. If you’ll excuse me now, I am going to go back and stare at your photos of Liz for a bit longer.

 

[icy_jade]

May I ask what is tPF?

a place to discuss handbags... but there are threads for jewelry and watches etc too

 

[finerthings]

Wow, that color is amazing, and with those icy white diamonds... holy smokes!! Congrats!

 

[Efleon]

how do we "message" you?? i understand there is no private message function at this forum.

if you would be good enough to share with us, would really like to know who the vintage jeweler is... unless you are uncomfortable doing so

Thank you for letting me know there is no messaging (if there are any other rules I should know, please tell me).

I would love to introduce you all to them.
They are Badis Jewelers.
I have always loved jewelry but had limited knowledge.
They patiently showed me different antique and vintage pieces and ignited my passion for it.
I’ve learned so much just by stopping by and visiting their store.
Not only are they knowledgeable and have a magnificent inventory of antique jewelry, they will also custom anything you can think of.
They have an eBay store and a brick and mortar store.
I’ve purchased a lot of important pieces from them and I’m entirely happy.
If any of you ever need another set of eyeballs on one of their pieces that your flirting with I’m happy to have an excuse to go in to their store and give you additional info (again, I’m not affiliated, I just think they are super good people).
Oh and PS I will post my other pieces here as soon as I can!
Thank you all for being so kind....I really like it here

 

[natasha-cupcake]

Stunning ring! The emerald is to die for, and I love, LOVE, LOVE the ballerina setting. It looks gorgeous on you, as well. Congratulations!

 

[Austina]

Wowsers, it’s gorgeous

 

[Yelena]

Thank you for letting me know there is no messaging (if there are any other rules I should know, please tell me).

I would love to introduce you all to them.
They are Badis Jewelers.
I have always loved jewelry but had limited knowledge.
They patiently showed me different antique and vintage pieces and ignited my passion for it.
I’ve learned so much just by stopping by and visiting their store.
Not only are they knowledgeable and have a magnificent inventory of antique jewelry, they will also custom anything you can think of.
They have an eBay store and a brick and mortar store.
I’ve purchased a lot of important pieces from them and I’m entirely happy.
If any of you ever need another set of eyeballs on one of their pieces that your flirting with I’m happy to have an excuse to go in to their store and give you additional info (again, I’m not affiliated, I just think they are super good people).
Oh and PS I will post my other pieces here as soon as I can!
Thank you all for being so kind....I really like it here

Thanks so much for the information. I am relatively new to PS as well and so far I have found that I really like it to. It’s wonderful to find a community of like minded jewellery lovers.