My French cut eternity auction find!

[SillyMonkee]

I've been on the hunt for a 5.5-5.75 platinum eternity band for a while now. The dream would be French cuts, but OECs would also be acceptable (and cheaper!) In perusing the usual suspects I found an auction listing for an "Art Deco & Diamond Platinum Band". The description was "Art Deco diamond and platinum eternity wedding band / ring. Channel set old mine cut diamonds. Approx. 1.5 cts.t.w. Ring size 8.5." but the image was this:

That's a round brilliant in the middle... but the rest looked to be French cuts! The starting bid was $400, so I took a chance and won! It arrived today and there are 34 French cuts and that one random round, but it was FILTHY (you can see the grime even in the listing picture):


But she's looking much better after a soak, a scrubbing, and the ultrasound:



BUT: the ring was accurately described as 8.5, so I'm wearing her on my middle finger for now and contemplating repurposing the stones into a 5.75 band next year...

Thanks for reading so far - I'm so exciting to share and of course Pricescope is the only place where people will understand!

 

[foxinsox]

Wow! What a great score. They’re lovely

 

[Mrs_Strizzle]

Great find, I love it!

 

[YadaYadaYada]

Wow, I gotta say I’m a little envious, 8.5 is my ring size lol!

That aside, great score! It looks so much better cleaned up. I never understand people that sell filthy rings like that.

 

[Rfisher]

Good eye!
If you do end up resetting into another eternity band in your size- you’ve got the benefit of being able to leave out some if they are chipped/cracked.
If none are chipped /cracked - it’d be both fun and kinda sad to have to choose the ones that ‘make the cut’ lol!
I like their personalities

 

[CSpan]

OMG score! Ye of the larger hands are always looking for these bigger sizes. The stones look amazing. Mind sharing which auction site?

 

[Mreader]

Lucky duck! I love reading about scores like this.

 

[LightBright]

Wow, your intuition about the ring was correct, I'm very impressed by the resulting ring- it’s lovely!!!! It cleaned up so well! Enjoy!

 

[lala646]

@SillyMonkee If you ever want to sell it, you'll find a lot of interested folks here! Those of us with an 8-9 ring size have a heck of a hard time finding rings in our size.

 

[Roselina]

What a find! Congrats!!

 

[MaisOuiMadame]

Yay! Great find, congratulations!!

 

[Ally T]

I love it when people score amazing things that aren't listed accurately!

Beautiful ring!

 

[blingmeupscotty]

love it!!!

 

[SillyMonkee]

Thanks for all the kind words, and sorry for being so tardy in my response. I found it through Live Auctioneers, at an auction house in Maine (I'm in California) - fortunately, they have a good relationship with a packing service! But yes, shocking that they auctioned it in that condition.

I'm still deciding what to do with it. If I do decide to sell I'll definitely put it on the Pre-Loved forum to make sure it goes to a home that appreciates it, but it's a WONKY 8.5 - that OEC addition really makes the ring oddly off-round. I assume it was an 8 or 8.25 that got stretched a bit. Not noticeable on that hand but is definitely odd to look at it in profile...

 

[YadaYadaYada]

If you do decide to sell (which I probably wouldn’t given the scarcity of French cuts these days) please give us a heads up here before posting in pre-loved?

Honestly though for the price you paid even if you use the diamonds and have a custom ring made, you are still going to be spending less than if you bought a French cut eternity outright. So definitely get a quote from some jewelers before making the decision to part with it.

 

[Efleon]

Great find!
I would wear it as is.
Charming.

 

[lala646]

Thanks for all the kind words, and sorry for being so tardy in my response. I found it through Live Auctioneers, at an auction house in Maine (I'm in California) - fortunately, they have a good relationship with a packing service! But yes, shocking that they auctioned it in that condition.

I'm still deciding what to do with it. If I do decide to sell I'll definitely put it on the Pre-Loved forum to make sure it goes to a home that appreciates it, but it's a WONKY 8.5 - that OEC addition really makes the ring oddly off-round. I assume it was an 8 or 8.25 that got stretched a bit. Not noticeable on that hand but is definitely odd to look at it in profile...

I purchased a ruby eternity from as seller on eBay on the off-chance it would be nice IRL, since good eternities in the 8-9 range are hard to find at decent price points. It was shocking how filthy it was. Like yours, just caked with grime! I think it took a good soaking, then something like 5 trips through the ultrasonic before it was looking like its true stunning self.