Arrrrrrgggghhhh!!! Waiting on the close of a "gem" auction

Long story short about 10 years back my girl got her engagement ring stolen... a beautiful .31ct flawless blue diamond (that ruined my bank account at the time lol) Well a jewler friend of mind knew this and pointed out an auction to me this week... about 14hr left and I'm winning (but still expect it to hit 4 figures before the end but right now cheap cheap due to the imperfect cut easily hidden by the setting i gonna use hehe) This one is not flawless (it is an I1) and not close to what i paid for the other but planning on putting it in the same setting for her if I win for her Bday in april...
This is hopefully my new pretty rock and yeah that's a natural blue diamond

 

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@mrweaseluv If you win it, she's better marry you after you went to all this trouble!

 

Good luck, a Platinum 3 prong setting would look nice.

 

14k white gold 6 prong tulip blade (already on hand with my jeweler friend)
but yeah white gold or platinum a must for a blue stone lol

 

I love the break from tradition!! I'll bet it'll look real sharp too!! Don't forget to post a follow-up picture should you win.

 

Pretty much what i was thinking of, just more prongs
I would still go with Platinum though, for durability if nothing else.

 

For a true blue diamond an I1 isn't too bad. I bet it'll look good set. I hate waiting on auctions to close!

 

Good luck let us see it in the setting...

 

Sometimes I wonder if the women folk really knows how much we go through to make them happy.
I had purchased a 1 ct emeral cut Champagne diamond in 18kt rose gold accented with pink diamonds.
She loved the ring so that said she wanted a Tanzaninte ring to go with her earings. So I found the guy again selling jewelry. He worked out of the west coast, but the jewerly was cut,made, and shipped from Israel. So I buy her a tanzanite 1.5 ct dark ocean blue. 18 kt white gold with white diamonds accents stones.
So I get notice that my package shipped......I get notice that it hit the US at Kennedy airport its in customs. That was on a Friday...
Fast forward its Sunday morning I go up the farm store for coffee and Sunday papper.
The store only a mile down the road road...but look a little mail truck driving in the neighborhood....
I get back and in our foyer is a package with Hebrew writting and the wife didn't question it and had signed for it.
He anniversary gift that was to be a surprise....but couldn't believe that the US mail delivered on a Sunday morning.

 

But many believe that blue sapphires are blue diamonds they are not! Blue diamond has its own color.

 

I gave her the 1st one over 25 years ago.. both of us had had very bad 1st marrages... we very happy to have been engaged this long lol.
As for why a flawless blue diamond meant so much to her, it is her birth stone and she had NEVER owned one.. that stone came all the way from Haifa, Isreal (bought the stone while i was in the Navy) .31ct and flawless. easily a 10k stone in the US back then, but bought cheap near the source (under 2k hehe) I brought quite a few stones back with me then (I was a jewelers apprentice before joining the navy) Very very nice profit even after taxes paid That stone I kept knowing even then it's ultimate use (even though i had yet to meet diane) Even more strange it didn't go to my 1st wife (who insisted on an emerald engagement ring) It's taken over 10 years to find a replacement, even though the insurance money bought and very nice "replacement" ring... (below) it wasn't a blue and I can't say how many times she's mentioned missing that "blue" glint. This stone should solve that problem and make a great bday gift lol...
this is the 1st replacement ring... vs white diamonds much cheaper then any blue lol

 

You are so correct but to me, I don’t see any resemblance at all. A blue diamond has a look all to itself. Maybe my digging in Montana for sapphires has paid off.

 

You guys are reminding me too much of the 1878 (proof-only) nickel 3-cent piece that I sold 41 years ago to buy an engagement ring for a woman that I broke up with (before the marriage, fortunately). That's why, @mrweaseluv , I said what I did earlier. That coin had only 2,350 minted, and I sold it for $900. I'm still kicking myself in the rear end for that big mistake. Strangely, that coin has dropped in value since then, probably because not a lot of people collect that series and the demand is probably low. And @Paddy54 , I hear ya. Women sometimes don't know what we go through.

 

YAY I won!!! Now a 3+ week wait for it to get here and clear customs lol...

 

Congratulations!!

 

I searched for a distressed 1+ct gia certified D-F color VVS round diamond for over a year.
Finally found a guy that had a broken engagement looking to sell his ring.
He had receipts from Blue Nile for $18,000.

I just wanted the center stone ( A 1.4ct E color VVS diamond) and not the whole ring.
We finlay settled on a deal and he sent the ring to a third party arbitrator.
He verified the stone and I sent my money to him.
He sent the diamond to GIA to have laser inscribed and back to a jeweler in Texas.
I had a jewler in Texas copy a ring design I liked and set the stone then mail the thing back to me.
The ring is valued over $25,000.
Wholesale on the stone is still $18,000

While this whole process was going down, I found a placesetter ring.
Mavado 1/2ct in platinum.
Also distressed for $1250.
The guy still owed $5000 on mavado credit card.

 

I hope you win (Won) that auction. Let us know.

I guess I'm just old fashion, or just old. I believe that love is expressed in non-material things, but understand some women want/need jewelry so they can brag to their peers. Just me, I guess.

 

That's great news! And thank you ....as I pulled out all the bills of sales. As well appraisals.
I had to laugh finding old reciepts for gold purchased back in the day.
But is the biggest hoot.....all these reciepts,appraisal etc..then the wife asked me why are we doing this? I told her why and she pulled out each piece of jewelry to match the reciepts......except two items.....a blue diamond ring and a blue and white diamond necklace.
We found every piece of paper ...nothing for the 2 blue diamond pieces.

Found gold under $450 @ oz pappers no papers on the blue diamonds items....strange to say the least. But very happy to hear you won the stone.

 

Like you I'm just old, and old-fashioned loving
'beautiful settings". I have everything I ever wanted, with the "crown-jewel" being a perfect woman.

After enjoying many "more flawed" (as I) beautiful ladies, but knowing my diamond in the rough "farm-girl" for years, I let my, then current gem, free for her to find a husband.

The treasure of my life was casually dating my contiguous neighbor. She came to me, asking if she could be THE "replacement".

In our years together we bought her 5 secluded wooded acres backed up to the St. Croix river. We built her a home and out-buildings of her design. She now has enough money for life, and a guaranteed "buy-back" certified coin collection in excess of 6 figures. She never asked for anything, or objected. We got her 40+ Y.O. Son to live with her, driving ~75 miles each direction to work at beginning/end of week.

We recently shared 30 years of peaceful (i.e. never an argument, only "discussions") shared companionship. I asked if she would like a better ring than the common commitment band she originally selected. She selected a small heart shaped diamond ring at Walmart.

I also believe the setting is important, but maybe not Paramount, as the "mounting".

JMHO

 

I have some very nice pieces of jewelry that I’ve run across over the years but not to worry as my wife doesn’t like to wear jewelry. I like her too but it’s not going to happen.