Thank you PSers for your advice and your patience. I finally have a ring to share with you all. As you know, after learning and obsessing about everything I learned on PS I was dying to buy a ring from WF or JA. I was researching to no end. However, I was on a tight budget and was looking for a .5-.75 round center stone and as you all know I had my heart set on a bezel, low profile ring or a low profile bezel halo. Anyway....
Well, last month my husband and I went to a Gem and Jewelry show in our area. I found a vendor that had a low profile, three stone diamond ring. No paperwork. But, I just loved the way it looked on me. I was told the center stone was .62 and each side stone was .25 and they were K, VS2. Took a huge risk and my husband bought it for me.
Two weeks ago I took it to a highly respected local jeweler to have a it appraised (I was just more curious that we didn't get ripped off). He weighed the stones and they are a little smaller that what we were told. He said the center is a .59 and each side .20, which is okay by me. He gave them a G color rating, but an eye clean SI1. He said they were no way VS2. I asked him how much he would sell that particular ring for, because I still wanted to make sure we didn't get screwed. When he told me how much he would sell it for I was thrilled! We paid half of what the jeweler said, which he didn't know when I brought him the ring to look at.
On a bad note, the workmanship of the setting is awful. The prongs are thin and uneven. Meanwhile, I had some 22K gold jewelry on me that I was going to sell because I just don't wear them. When I told the jeweler he told me not to sell the gold. As of right now I'm having a brand new set made with the stones in the original three stone. He's going to melt down and reuse my gold to make me a bezel three stone ring AND a 4mm comfort fit wedding band with flush set diamonds (I had a pair of .25 tcw diamond earrings that he's going to use in the band along with a couple of tinier stones).
I'm beyond excited to see my new set and best of all this is all coming way under what I had budgeted for a half carat solitaire ring only. I can't wait. I didn't get the ideal stone, but who's going to know (I think I just wanted to impress you guys).
I've attached some pictures of the original ring and will post more pictures when my new set is done.
Thank you all so much!
Well, last month my husband and I went to a Gem and Jewelry show in our area. I found a vendor that had a low profile, three stone diamond ring. No paperwork. But, I just loved the way it looked on me. I was told the center stone was .62 and each side stone was .25 and they were K, VS2. Took a huge risk and my husband bought it for me.
Two weeks ago I took it to a highly respected local jeweler to have a it appraised (I was just more curious that we didn't get ripped off). He weighed the stones and they are a little smaller that what we were told. He said the center is a .59 and each side .20, which is okay by me. He gave them a G color rating, but an eye clean SI1. He said they were no way VS2. I asked him how much he would sell that particular ring for, because I still wanted to make sure we didn't get screwed. When he told me how much he would sell it for I was thrilled! We paid half of what the jeweler said, which he didn't know when I brought him the ring to look at.
On a bad note, the workmanship of the setting is awful. The prongs are thin and uneven. Meanwhile, I had some 22K gold jewelry on me that I was going to sell because I just don't wear them. When I told the jeweler he told me not to sell the gold. As of right now I'm having a brand new set made with the stones in the original three stone. He's going to melt down and reuse my gold to make me a bezel three stone ring AND a 4mm comfort fit wedding band with flush set diamonds (I had a pair of .25 tcw diamond earrings that he's going to use in the band along with a couple of tinier stones).
I'm beyond excited to see my new set and best of all this is all coming way under what I had budgeted for a half carat solitaire ring only. I can't wait. I didn't get the ideal stone, but who's going to know (I think I just wanted to impress you guys).
I've attached some pictures of the original ring and will post more pictures when my new set is done.
Thank you all so much!
Can't wait to see the new set!
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