Excited! Tried on a 19 ct. cushion!

[Logan Sapphire]

Unfortunately I don''t have any pictures, but I went to a private showing of David Morris jewelry here in DC today. They''re a London-based jeweler and have one store in Palm Beach, FL. They''re looking to break into the US market. Anyway, they had the most amazing pieces there. My favorite was a 19 ct. D, SI1 cushion with three-sided pave at a cool $1.1 million. Totally eye clean too! I still can''t believe I got to try it on! The thing was enormous- it was like a small doorknob on my finger.

We saw quite a few pink, yellow, and brown diamonds too. There were three older ladies there when we arrived; one really wanted her husband to buy her a gorgeous ruby ring with a diamond halo. It was amazing, and amazingly priced at $300,000. But you know what? Someone here has a ring (Ms. Flutter?) that looks just as good as the $300,000 one!

The woman who opened the FL store is friends with my friend''s husband, so that was our connection. She used to work for Fred Leighton in Vegas, and lent my friend a diamond necklace that J. Lo borrowed (and lost a center stone from). Anyway, she and the other woman there (the daughter-in-law of the David Morris people and also former Fred Leighton employees) made some very interesting remarks about the Fred Leighton collection...

Anyway, I wished I had pictures, and it was a very exciting day!

 

[diamondfan]

Sounds like my kind of day...add some good food and a nap and what more could you want?

 

[orangevixen]

sooooooooooo jealous! sounds like you had quite a day

 

[Kaleigh]

How fun!!! Good for you!!!

 

[Linda W]

Sounds like you had a great time. Would have loved to have seen all those gorgeous pieces.


Linda

 

[Logan Sapphire]

Date: 4/28/2006 10:13:02 PM
Author: diamondfan
Sounds like my kind of day...add some good food and a nap and what more could you want?

They had wine and all sort of tea sandwiches and desserts, but I refrained.

I think I can say definitively that a 19 ct. is too big for me.

 

[tawn]

Sounds like a dream day. Did the cushion look real?

 

[Logan Sapphire]

Date: 4/28/2006 10:24:30 PM
Author: tawn
Sounds like a dream day. Did the cushion look real?

Yes and no. In a way, it was so big it almost didn''t look real. It had pear side stones too.

 

[widget]

Wow.....how much fun!!!

... the other woman there....made some very interesting remarks about the Fred Leighton collection...

You''re such a tease!

I wish wish wish I could hear some "inside scoop" on FL. Can I assume what was said was uncomplimentary?

Inquiring minds want to know....

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[Logan Sapphire]

Date: 4/28/2006 10:41:24 PM
Author: widget
Wow.....how much fun!!!

... the other woman there....made some very interesting remarks about the Fred Leighton collection...

You''re such a tease!

I wish wish wish I could hear some ''inside scoop'' on FL. Can I assume what was said was uncomplimentary?


Inquiring minds want to know....

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Totally uncomplimentary! They made a few comments that definitely caught our attention- basically about the quality of FL and how you get what you pay for.

 

[mrssalvo]

sounds like a blast..

 

[MissAva]

Oh how fun!

 

[rainbowtrout]

ooooh..


I wonder if when I finally go to the Smithsonian they would let me try on the Hope...


Really, though, I''m such a dwarf. I like wearing jewelry, but left to my own devices I would collect rare stone, put them in a box, and then take them out to play with and call "My preciousssss"
I also like spelunking and small enclosed spaces, hence the dwarf comment.


RE: FL--I thought they were awfully expensive?