Ask the jewelers anything you want! We're serious! You can ask us anything you would like... ABOUT JEWELRY THAT IS!
Find out the difference between 10 kt., 14 kt., 18 kt., and 24 kt. gold.
Why some gold is white, yellow or pink.
Find out what we think women want for the holidays...(HINT, HINT...Hanukkah is this week!!!)
Ask us what the difference is between a certified diamond or one that's not...
Ask us what D, flawless means as opposed to H, SI2...oye...
Have you ever wanted to know why platinum makes for a better setting than gold for an engagement ring? or why women prefer bigger stones than smaller... =)
Ever wonder why men like big, over sized watches as opposed to hundreds of years ago, when men and women wore small sized faces?
How about how to sell your grandmother's diamond you found in your parent's safe...sell it at auction or to a private jeweler, or hold on to it until the market improves?
What about how in this crazy world, Christie's, Sotheby's, Doyle's, Philip's and Bonham's and Butterfields still manage to sell millions of dollars of jewels...
Here's a good one...what kind of jewelry has the best resale value. I bet you have not even thought about reselling...that's not so taboo anymore friends...Look at auction houses...do you know what has the highest resale value besides diamonds? Signed pieces, like Cartier, Van Cleef and Arpels, Buccellati, Rolex, Patek Philippe...etc...
The point of this lovely blog is to expand your knowledge of jewels! There's so much to know, so much intricate detail involved in one tiny little piece that could be worth a more than you know...and there's so much history involved!
Again, feel free to ask us anything! well...not ANYTHING!
Lots of diamonds and rubies, and why not... sapphires too!
Amber and Jen
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3 comments:
great idea and thanks for being open to questions! my question would be:
can you explain "fancy" colored diamonds? what makes them colored and where do they stand in terms of value compared to white diamonds?
Thanks for the question. Fancy colored diamonds get their color from certain trace elements in the diamonds during the formation, for example: nitrogen traces create the yellow and brown color in the diamond. Colored diamonds represent a different value than white diamonds. If the diamond is very white, for instance, D, E, F, then the value goes up....at the other end of the spectrum, past Z, the diamond is put into the fancy yellow category...the whiter the diamond the higher the value, the yellower the diamond the better the value...
There are many other fancy colored diamonds, like blue, green, champagne, pink and many more!!
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