Show me your OMCs and antique cushion cuts

[IrishBreakfast]

Date: 6/16/2008 1:12:36 PM
Author: kimikocat
Hello Irish...

I think the hunt is the best part, don''t you? What are you going to do with yours, once you find the ''right'' one?

Send it to Leon Mege - without doubt! Probably for a solitaire but with a pave shank. What about you?

Ellen: maybe you could insist your hubby find more special occasions for you! Can you imagine that conversation: "But Darling you simply HAVE to find me a ball to go to this month - I have diamonds that need wearing!"

 

[kimikocat]

Date: 6/16/2008 1:59:48 PM
Author: IrishBreakfast

Date: 6/16/2008 1:12:36 PM

Author: kimikocat

Hello Irish...


I think the hunt is the best part, don''t you? What are you going to do with yours, once you find the ''right'' one?

Send it to Leon Mege - without doubt! Probably for a solitaire but with a pave shank. What about you?


Ellen: maybe you could insist your hubby find more special occasions for you! Can you imagine that conversation: ''But Darling you simply HAVE to find me a ball to go to this month - I have diamonds that need wearing!''

Leon... that sounds like a plan. Did you see the OMC ring that he has up for sale? If not, you can see it here.

I had a similar idea to you...but I was also looking at a photograph in the spring issue of Instyle Weddings of a Karen Karch design with a champagne diamond in her "desire" claw/bezel setting, and became intrigued with that idea. Hence the fascination with warm colored/almost fancy yellow stones.

 

[Ellen]

Date: 6/16/2008 1:59:48 PM
Author: IrishBreakfast

Ellen: maybe you could insist your hubby find more special occasions for you! Can you imagine that conversation: ''But Darling you simply HAVE to find me a ball to go to this month - I have diamonds that need wearing!''

lol! Say, hubby does still owe me birthday and anni dinners.....

I do take it out and wear it once in awhile for no reason when I get to missing it.

 

[IrishBreakfast]

I have seen that one kimiko - I think it''s a beautiful ring and a great price. I''m just looking for something bigger. I want a 2.5-3.0ct stone with a good spread. I was thinking a setting like this one but with a simple basket instead of the diamond bubbles - not that you can see them in that pic! Love that ring though. YUM!

You go Ellen! Make that man take you out!

 

[kimikocat]

Date: 6/17/2008 7:30:17 AM
Author: IrishBreakfast
I have seen that one kimiko - I think it''s a beautiful ring and a great price. I''m just looking for something bigger. I want a 2.5-3.0ct stone with a good spread. I was thinking a setting like this one but with a simple basket instead of the diamond bubbles - not that you can see them in that pic! Love that ring though. YUM!


You go Ellen! Make that man take you out!

Irish--that''s spectacular! Do you want a fancy color, too?

 

[IrishBreakfast]

Hey kimiko, no I want something more white than colored. I''m not afraid of going as low as L in color. I just need to make sure I have all my pennies squirrelled away so that I can SNATCH the right stone when it appears. I am watching Erica and Grace''s website like a hawk! When are you looking to buy yours?

 

[kimikocat]

Depends on if the right stone pops up. I would love to find one that''s close to a fancy color, but I have to say that I''ve never seen one in the S-Z range in person. That could be interesting. I''ve been thinking about a U-colored stone from Old World Diamonds. I''ve been to Erica & Grace''s site...love the stones that they have now, but they are priced out of my range.

 

[kimikocat]

Date: 6/17/2008 7:00:41 AM
Author: Ellen

Date: 6/16/2008 1:59:48 PM

Author: IrishBreakfast


Ellen: maybe you could insist your hubby find more special occasions for you! Can you imagine that conversation: ''But Darling you simply HAVE to find me a ball to go to this month - I have diamonds that need wearing!''

lol! Say, hubby does still owe me birthday and anni dinners.....

I do take it out and wear it once in awhile for no reason when I get to missing it.

It''s so pretty, I agree with Irish...you need to find more occasions to take your ring out in public.

 

[kimikocat]

http://www.karenkarch.com/Wedding-Suite/Engagement-rings/Desire/360

The Karen Karch claw/bezel setting that I referenced earlier.

 

[Ellen]

Thanks kimi!

 

[ericad]

Date: 6/13/2008 10:59:43 PM
Author: Dee*Jay
A jeweler that I''ve been frequenting (stalking! LOL) has an OMC that is GIA fancy yellow. 3.91 delicious carats of chunky facats. YUM!

Speaking of fancy colored antique stones, here''s something for y''all. A client of ours picked up this 1.07 ct OEC and the jeweler had graded it an M/C1 champagne color. I know it''s near impossible to judge from pics, but we felt that a GIA cert was in order, as the stone appears to be a very strong lemon yellow in most lighting. Low colored white diamond or fancy light yellow perhaps? It''s far more saturated than my M/N OEC, though we don''t know how loose the appraiser is with color grading - if he says M, perhaps GIA would have said Q?

Our client eventually sold the stone, so it never made it to GIA. But for fun, I thought I''d see what you all thought of the color, as I have not seen old cuts lower than O/P in person

 

[ericad]

Or perhaps it truly is a champagne or top light brown? In the above pic, and the one here, it does look champagne. But in other pics, as you'll see, it's yellow.

 

[ericad]

and the yellow tint I keep going on about

 

[ericad]

last one

 

[LtlFirecracker]

I just want to say this is a great tread. Thank you ericad for taking the time to put up all these beautiful diamonds in one place.

 

[kimikocat]

Thanks for posting those pictures.

I haven't seen any old cut stones lower in color than O/P, either. I wouldn't say that I've gone everywhere to look but I've certainly done the rounds of antique jewelers near me (in the SF area) and it seems like most stones are M and higher. I have seen fancy yellows/fancy light yellows, but there's a jump there...what happened to everything in the middle?

The M-colored stones that I've seen face up whiter than the one Erica posted. Not sure why? Perhaps it's because they were already set...in white metal? I love the body color. For a while Lang Antiques had a ring on their site--in the first few pages, I'll go and see if I can find it to post--that was a L/M color and you can clearly see the yellow tint from the side. A bit like lemonade. From the top, though, it was quite white. You really had to turn it over to see the tint.

Too bad your client sold the stone. It's really a gorgeous one. For me it would be a keeper.

 

[kimikocat]

A L-colored OEC from Lang

http://www.langantiques.com/category/10/5/item/10-1-2100/

Click on the side view to see the yellow-ish body color.

http://www.langantiques.com/category/10/5/item/10-1-1602/

An O/P colored stone. The body color is apparent, face up. Not sure why they call it "Important" but it sure has some...radius.

Oddly enough, this is the "M" stone I had in mind. And they say it''s an "I"!

http://www.langantiques.com/category/10/5/item/10-1-1242/

But in person it is quite yellow. Could have fooled me!

 

[diagem]

Date: 6/20/2008 6:16:26 PM
Author: ericad

Date: 6/13/2008 10:59:43 PM
Author: Dee*Jay
A jeweler that I''ve been frequenting (stalking! LOL) has an OMC that is GIA fancy yellow. 3.91 delicious carats of chunky facats. YUM!

Speaking of fancy colored antique stones, here''s something for y''all. A client of ours picked up this 1.07 ct OEC and the jeweler had graded it an M/C1 champagne color. I know it''s near impossible to judge from pics, but we felt that a GIA cert was in order, as the stone appears to be a very strong lemon yellow in most lighting. Low colored white diamond or fancy light yellow perhaps? It''s far more saturated than my M/N OEC, though we don''t know how loose the appraiser is with color grading - if he says M, perhaps GIA would have said Q?

Our client eventually sold the stone, so it never made it to GIA. But for fun, I thought I''d see what you all thought of the color, as I have not seen old cuts lower than O/P in person

Here ya go..., enjoy (I know its not in person but....

 

[ericad]

That''s wonderful! Thank you for posting. What are the specs on that stone, DiaGem? The color is simply splendid!

 

[diagem]

Date: 6/25/2008 11:05:25 AM
Author: ericad
That''s wonderful! Thank you for posting. What are the specs on that stone, DiaGem? The color is simply splendid!

The image doesnt compliment the reality...
Its a 1.55 carat FIY-VS2 (GIA)...

 

[stepcutnut]

Irish-I know that you've probably seen this 3 stone OEC posted before, but thought I'd show it off again

 

[stepcutnut]

another

 

[stepcutnut]

one last pic

 

[westjenn]

Stepcutnut, I really like your band a lot. Can you give us stats on the stones? Do you have any handshots?

 

[UCLABelle]

Love these cuts!!! YUMMY!

 

[Ninama]

There''s a dream project for ya... deeeelish! Have fun BIH.

Thanks Erica, for posting those pics. I''ve enjoyed your site, too. Your area code made my heart leap a little... imagining those sparklies so near by.

Here''s a big fat 3.15 ct Q VS1(as per EGL)... pretty accessible at $12,500. The color''s too low for you (BIH), but I like it!

 

[innerkitten]

Erica D, I love that type of color in an old cut diamond. And that one too stepcut, beautiful ring!

 

[coatimundi_org]

Date: 6/20/2008 6:16:26 PM
Author: ericad

Date: 6/13/2008 10:59:43 PM

Author: Dee*Jay

A jeweler that I've been frequenting (stalking! LOL) has an OMC that is GIA fancy yellow. 3.91 delicious carats of chunky facats. YUM!

Speaking of fancy colored antique stones, here's something for y'all. A client of ours picked up this 1.07 ct OEC and the jeweler had graded it an M/C1 champagne color. I know it's near impossible to judge from pics, but we felt that a GIA cert was in order, as the stone appears to be a very strong lemon yellow in most lighting. Low colored white diamond or fancy light yellow perhaps? It's far more saturated than my M/N OEC, though we don't know how loose the appraiser is with color grading - if he says M, perhaps GIA would have said Q?


Our client eventually sold the stone, so it never made it to GIA. But for fun, I thought I'd see what you all thought of the color, as I have not seen old cuts lower than O/P in person

From the photos, it looks Q-R or S-T-ish color. Not quite enough color to make it a fancy.

Oh how I want an old cut!!

 

[MajorGroove]

I love this thread!! I am planning to have a custom pair of drop leverback earrings with old mine cut diamonds made. . .it''ll be my gift to myself when I lose 50 pounds (I''m more than halfway there!), and I will wear those earrings on my wedding day.

I''m still in ''diamond-scouting'' mode, but I''m thinking maybe 1 ctw of warmer (j-k-l) color stones. Needless to say, this thread is providing me with LOTS of eye candy!

 

[Cleo]

Date: 6/12/2008 4:29:05 PM
Author: ericad
Here''s a hand pic of a 2.46 ct OMC. When we categorize diamonds as OMC''s versus Antique Cushions, it''s a reflection of the shape/outline of the stone. OMCs are more roundish. There may be a hint of cushion shape to them, but it''s vague.

What an awesome thread! I *love* these old cut stones....

The pic of the 2.46ct OMC on the hand just about made me choke on my cup of tea it''s so pretty.

Just beautiful... I hope there will be lots more gorgeous pics to ogle...

x x x