Value of 2.25ct tsavorite?

[Logan Sapphire]

I had my alleged tsavorite looked at by someone who is very familiar with these stones and with a caveat that he would need to look at the stone under direct sunlight (was cloudy/overcast instead), he thought it was a medium to medium-plus tsav. It was weighed at 2.25ct, but does have a window.

What do you estimate it would be worth? Not sure of the clarity...it does have inclusions, but not obvious ones.

 

[Pandora II]

Are you wanting to sell it, insure it or buy another as that would make a difference.

The window and eye-visible inclusions will reduce the value (how easy are they to see?)

Based just on your photo, I would call your stone a medium rather than a medium dark... are the photos reasonably accurate? Green is a bugger to photograph!

 

[gongli]

just searched on multicolour, the range for 2.2 to 2.5c tsav is $81 to $1394, average price without the cheap ones is about $700. the $1394 has no window, but lighter. that one seems to have a nicer color than most of the ones on multicolour so, knowing absolutely nothing else about tsavorite, i'd guess $700-1200

 

[Logan Sapphire]

I'm more interested just for my own sake in knowing its worth, but would possibly be interested in selling it. I don't know anything about tsavs but thought that a medium-plus was not the same as a medium-dark?

The inclusions are not visible to the eye just looking at it. I can only see them if I shove my eye right up to them. I do think the window is fairly prominent, though the stone pretty much appears as the pics portray it.

I have a few more of it in its original setting. It was very scratched up, as you can see. Some were taken with flash and others were without. It just looks so different in different lighting! Very hard to photograph! Sometimes it looks almost stoplight green and electric, other times it's more muted and kind of olive-y.

 

[ForteKitty]

Wow, who repolished it?

 

[Pandora II]

Comparing it with some of mine, I would say it's towards the darker end medium (I've never heard of medium plus but there is no definitive system for describing colour).

I would say probably somewhere around the $700 mark - the size is good, but the window will lower the price, the colour is nice but not premium (not that doesn't mean that lots of people don't prefer this colour). The fact it is so scratched up is a problem as anyone buying it would have to factor in the cost, hassle - and risk - of having it repolished (I've adjusted the price for this).

If you plan to sell it then you would also probably need to drop below the market value - coloured stones don't seem to take the same hammering that diamonds do though.

I hope that is helpful - I'll be interested to see what other people come in at...

ETA: Just seen that it has been repolished. In that case I'd say around the $850 mark.

 

[Logan Sapphire]

Wow, who repolished it?

Pete at Quest Jewelers had it sent to his lapidary (not sure who it is). He did a great job!

 

[movie zombie]

you need an appraisal from a gemologist who will verify that it is tsav and give a value. our eyeballing a picture on a computer screen isn't worth much in the way of assessing value. btw, it looks lovely on your hand no matter its value!

 

[Logan Sapphire]

Thanks, Pandora- helpful for my curiosity to hear you think it through- I appreciate it!

Movie Zombie- I probably should have it appraised but am too cheap at the moment...will get around to it one of these days!

 

[tsavvy]

I had some jewelry appraised recently, including a few pieces with tsavorites. The appraiser did indicate that emerald cuts tsavs are hard to come by and fetch a premium when they have good color. I spent a long time with the appraiser and was very specific about not receiving an over-inflated appraisal. The tsavorites were appraised at about $800 per carat (2.8 ct cushion cut tsav in the pendant on the far right in the pic below), $900 per carat (1.2 ct tsav in center), and a bit over $1,000 per carat (2.73 ct emerald cut tsav in the ring on the left). I've included the appraisal photos as well as a group shot - both of the tsavs in the necklaces look much better in person than in the group photo. Hope this helps! Your ring is beautiful, by the way.

 

[Pandora II]

One problem with appraisals of coloured stones is finding someone who really knows the market. For common or garden diamonds it's very simple as there are so many lists of current market prices for different grades of colour, clarity etc.

For coloured stones it's a much more complex ballgame since there are so many variables. Ultimately most appraisers will be working with the kind of pricing information we all have access to, only a few will have the specialist knowlege really needed.

As to whether or not it is a tsavorite - I would guess that Quest would have let you know if it wasn't as the cutter would definitely need to know in order to repolish.

 

[Logan Sapphire]

Tsavvy- such beautiful stones! I love your ring especially! The guy who looked at my stone said that he thought perhaps the stone was windowed b/c it's an older stone.

I really should have my ring appraised but am balking at paying the several hundred dollar fee for a stone that's not worth more than $1000, if that makes sense.