Anything sparkly under the tree today?
What’s the countdown for you?!
Anything sparkly under the tree today?
My partner and i weren't in the market immediately but were planning to get an engagement ring in the next few months to a year. Obviously with antiques, we don't always get to choose timing. Someone recently posted a beautiful 3.1 GIA J/VS1 OMB to Preloved and we're going to go see it in person today. It is way out of the budget we had originally discussed but not out of the realm of possibility of what we could buy if it's truly perfect. The original ideal goal was ~2.5 carats, cushion-y old mine, in the I/J/K color range, to be set in an Erika Winters Willa or Grace Cathedral. If I source a stone myself, I would need to find a vendor who would arrange to do this with an outside stone or work with Erika Winters directly. She didn't respond to a prior email about resizing but I'm waiting to hear about this.
The original loose budget was ~$20k-$25k including the setting.
Here's the old mine we're seeing tonight, priced at $34k without the setting: