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Somebody's Gotta Buy This Piece!

This tourmaline & diamond ring is pretty. Not vintage unfortunately but still pretty. And pretty pricey. :eek2:

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EllieTO said:
Sooo.... Some of you may be following my journey over in Rocky Talk https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/how-to-buy-a-vintage-oec.287613/
Welll.... I may have also bought @lala646 's return. :P2

It was exactly the specs I was looking for, and looked soooo pretty in lala's pictures and videos! I was stalking MaxPawn many times a day waiting for it to pop up. I didn't mention in my thread due to lurkers. I was hoping everyone would forget. I was starting to think I missed it and someone else bought it. In the meantime, I ended up buying another (breathtakingly beautiful) stone locally, and a day later this one popped up! By that time I was committed so I went for it. :lol-2: I gave an offer a bit lower than lala's (I couldn't remember so I just guessed) and they accepted and I completed the purchase today. I'm so excited for it to arrive! If it's as good as it looks, then it's a really good deal, and the two stones together will have cost about what I was thinking to spend on just one. Can't wait!! :appl:
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Omg omg omg!!!! No way! I’m so excited for you! TWOOOO?!?
 
EllieTO said:
Yes, I'm so curious to compare them. I'm keeping the Sako stone for sure. I have the return policy on this one, so there's no risk. At worst, a good learning experience. But I hope I end up loving it, it would be so fun to get it certed. And I already have a project idea for the side stones too. :P2

PS is so dangerous. I need to be banned from here for the sake of my savings account.
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I really look forward to your comparison, pictures and thoughts! Is this about the same size as the one you already have? Honestly, I think they’re going to look very similar to the naked eye. Maybe this new one has a slightly larger table and slightly lower crown?
 
lavenderdragonfly23 said:
Omg omg omg!!!! No way! I’m so excited for you! TWOOOO?!?
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I know!! :evil2:
I did say I might do something crazy and buy two. I just didn't say which ones. :lol-2: Because lurkers... And now I know I'm keeping the Sako one, so yes this would be a second if I decide it's worth it. I think it would actually take pressure off the setting, if I know I can do different designs for the two.

Dreamer_D said:
I really look forward to your comparison, pictures and thoughts! Is this about the same size as the one you already have? Honestly, I think they’re going to look very similar to the naked eye. Maybe this new one has a slightly larger table and slightly lower crown?
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Me too! It's arriving tomorrow and I'll be working from home to make sure I don't miss the delivery. I think the MaxPawn one is a smidge larger, probably just over 1.5 ct. MaxPawn said 1.5 and lala measured 7.3 x 7.5 mm (the Sako 1.49 ct is 7.2 x 7.2). I hope I like it because I'm dying to walk it in to GIA, possibly even this week.

On that note, what would be a reasonable labor cost to free the stone if I choose to? I don't have a regular jeweler, I've just gone to random places for resizing and repairs in the past.
 
EllieTO said:
I know!! :evil2:
I did say I might do something crazy and buy two. I just didn't say which ones. :lol-2: Because lurkers... And now I know I'm keeping the Sako one, so yes this would be a second if I decide it's worth it. I think it would actually take pressure off the setting, if I know I can do different designs for the two.


Me too! It's arriving tomorrow and I'll be working from home to make sure I don't miss the delivery. I think the MaxPawn one is a smidge larger, probably just over 1.5 ct. MaxPawn said 1.5 and lala measured 7.3 x 7.5 mm (the Sako 1.49 ct is 7.2 x 7.2). I hope I like it because I'm dying to walk it in to GIA, possibly even this week.

On that note, what would be a reasonable labor cost to free the stone if I choose to? I don't have a regular jeweler, I've just gone to random places for resizing and repairs in the past.
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Since you're local to Collins Family jewellers, they're jewellers too!
 
If it’s prong set they shouldn’t charge more than about $40. It takes about 5 mins!
 
Maxine (:lol-2:) is here!!!

The ring overall is beautiful. @lala646 did a fantastic job cleaning her! :lol-2: I don't even despise the setting as much as I did from the Max Pawn pictutes, but I wouldn't wear it either. And it's my size! :lol-2:

Comparison to my new Sako stone (her name will be revealed in due time)... Slightly larger face up, maybe by 2-3 mm, and a few color grades lower. Maybe a 1.7 M-N-OP? I can't see any inclusions with my eagle eye, but I can see the chip lala pointed out. I don't have a decent loupe (any Amazon recs?)

The cut is very nice! It's very bright and crisp. It's definitely more of a checkerboard pattern, which is not my favorite. It looked more floral to me. I wouldn't choose it in place of my Sako stone, but maybe it will do as a second flavor of OEC?

I don't want to derail this thread, so please head over to my OEC thread for more discussion. https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/how-to-buy-a-vintage-oec.287613/page-8

Here is the quick video shoot.
https://imgur.com/a/EfwSDI7
 
 
 
Mreader said:
Is this the one that was supposed to post this past weekend but disappeared?
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Yes, this was THE one… it was so weird. I must have refreshed at least a hundred times over the weekend :lol: … she looks deeper than Flora, I’m so curious what her specs and price is.

If someone is in the market for a beautiful old mine upgrade, THIS IS IT. I ADORE Flora, she’s perfect, in every way… the VS1 in her was worth it but eye watering, lol! This is a SI1. You can buy your stone and fly to the Florida Keys to celebrate :lol:
 
mustangchi said:
Yeah I totally have an addiction to these little vintage bands. Please go buy that one so we can see pictures! One more won't hurt lol
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You and me both! I’m eyeing a Tiffany floral band that I really need to make a thread and hopefully someone more knowledgeable than me can look at it and tell me how old it is…
 
lavenderdragonfly23 said:
You and me both! I’m eyeing a Tiffany floral band that I really need to make a thread and hopefully someone more knowledgeable than me can look at it and tell me how old it is…
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would love to see if you get it, I have a floral tiffany that I bought about 3 years ago with an inscription from 1938, I have seen the same pattern again a time or two so wondering if it is the same.
 
lavenderdragonfly23 said:
Yes, this was THE one… it was so weird. I must have refreshed at least a hundred times over the weekend :lol: … she looks deeper than Flora, I’m so curious what her specs and price is.

If someone is in the market for a beautiful old mine upgrade, THIS IS IT. I ADORE Flora, she’s perfect, in every way… the VS1 in her was worth it but eye watering, lol! This is a SI1. You can buy your stone and fly to the Florida Keys to celebrate :lol:
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Post is finally up. 55k for a GIA K Si1 - seems quite a good deal for that ctw. I wish she showed a side view though! I always want to see the crown!
 
winnietucker said:
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This is very interesting… I was trying to buy this band… it was in Paris. While I was waiting for the invoice someone bought this. It’s beautiful- I have a ton of videos from the seller if anyone wants to see them…. FYI- There is a broken stone in there…. Like not a chip, one is missing the entire crown. There is also a adorable itty bitty Peruzzi in there.
 
Mreader said:
Post is finally up. 55k for a GIA K Si1 - seems quite a good deal for that ctw. I wish she showed a side view though! I always want to see the crown!
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It’s an insane deal!!!! I love her depth… Flora has an 47% table, 65% depth. Dolly’s stone is a touch deeper with a little bigger table. I can see a couple tiny black inclusions … but she’s really pretty!!!!

Someone needs her. :kiss2:
 
lavenderdragonfly23 said:
This is very interesting… I was trying to buy this band… it was in Paris. While I was waiting for the invoice someone bought this. It’s beautiful- I have a ton of videos from the seller if anyone wants to see them…. FYI- There is a broken stone in there…. Like not a chip, one is missing the entire crown. There is also a adorable itty bitty Peruzzi in there.
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Now I’m curious to know what it was priced at vs what it ends up getting re-listed for.
 
They were initially asking $7300, they had the ring for three years and are willing to negotiate… so who knows, less than $7000 :lol:
 
“About 5ctw”.

Here’s the original link there’s more pictures here… It’s really a beautiful piece, and Eva from Ignee Paris was so sweet, it just was a timing thing … which worked out beautifully anyways because I have Cinderella now and really don’t need a second eternity…. Yet :lol:

Ignee Paris

I’ll try to attach their video link, let me know if know if this doesn’t work

Belle Epoque ~5ct graduated old mine
 
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