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$2500 too much to pay for a custom built ring?

P: 12/22/2004 10:30:48 PM
DiamondsRagirlsbestfriend Cut Rock Total Posts: 330 Last Post: 9/4/2007 Member Since: 12/13/2004	So I shopped around for my dream setting today, and found a pave setting in platinum that's going to run me about $2500. This seems so high! (we're talking about .30 in stones pave set on all three sides of the shank, half way down each side) Egads - getting a good deal on the stones is not looking like such a great deal after all! Advice? Is that too much?
Posted: 12/22/2004 10:30:48 PM

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P: 12/22/2004 10:37:29 PM
moremoremore Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,825 Last Post: 2/9/2009 Member Since: 3/15/2004	That is very labor intensive. That's what you're paying for. If it's done right, no, that's reasonable. ______________________________ Stewart says: I'm good enough. I'm smart enough. And doggon'it, people like me.
Posted: 12/22/2004 10:37:29 PM

P: 12/23/2004 4:12:31 AM
valeria101 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,048 Last Post: 4/30/2006 Member Since: 8/29/2003	Yeah... it's not the material that makes the price there. Does it look anything like THIS Ana "The greatest experts are only as good as the sum total of what they have seen." [Souren Melikian]
Posted: 12/23/2004 4:12:31 AM

P: 12/23/2004 4:21:06 AM
mrsfrk Ideal Rock Total Posts: 648 Last Post: 10/17/2006 Member Since: 4/20/2004	That doesn't seem too high. Remember that platinum is really expensive right now, something like $870 dollars per ounce last I read, and pave is something that you want done right. I've heard over and over again that cheaply done pave stones will jiggle loose and fall out. Considering how much the designer 3 sided pave settings run, that sounds like a pretty good deal.
Posted: 12/23/2004 4:21:06 AM

P: 12/23/2004 9:13:39 AM
TMS Rough Rock Total Posts: 7 Last Post: 12/23/2004 Member Since: 11/3/2004	Seems very high. I bought an e ring last month with a custom platinum band, it has 10 channel set F VS2 stones on the band and pave on the front and back with the same color and clarity. Total weight was 1.20 ct, cost was $1670.
Posted: 12/23/2004 9:13:39 AM

P: 12/23/2004 9:42:33 AM
Iceman Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,374 Last Post: 1/24/2008 Member Since: 8/26/2000	All I can say is then you try to make the ring! Yea, right if you had to make a ring you would charge 10 fold :) Be nice to these people that create works of art. :) Take Care The Iceman
Posted: 12/23/2004 9:42:33 AM

P: 12/23/2004 9:43:56 AM
Iceman Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,374 Last Post: 1/24/2008 Member Since: 8/26/2000	If anybody has ever been on a bench they would think that was a bargin :) Last 2 cents
Posted: 12/23/2004 9:43:56 AM

P: 12/23/2004 9:46:53 AM
moremoremore Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,825 Last Post: 2/9/2009 Member Since: 3/15/2004	Ice- I recently bought a .50 side stone. I could barely handle the thing. I was like...if I had to work with teeny little stones for pave, I'D SHOOT MYSELF!!! ______________________________ Stewart says: I'm good enough. I'm smart enough. And doggon'it, people like me.
Posted: 12/23/2004 9:46:53 AM

P: 12/23/2004 9:56:46 AM
DiamondsRagirlsbestfriend Cut Rock Total Posts: 330 Last Post: 9/4/2007 Member Since: 12/13/2004	Hiya, Ana: Thanks for the picture - I love that setting! The one I'm looking at has a three-sided pave' setting. ...less of a rounded shank - with some light milgrain work to give it an estate look. There's also a bit of milgrain work within the gallery that holds the stones. It's very pretty and old-world. I know custom work is so expensive, as is platinum. thanks, Everyone!
Posted: 12/23/2004 9:56:46 AM

P: 12/23/2004 10:11:25 AM
TMS Rough Rock Total Posts: 7 Last Post: 12/23/2004 Member Since: 11/3/2004	"All I can say is then you try to make the ring! Yea, right if you had to make a ring you would charge 10 fold :) " Why whould I? I know nothing about making rings, seems like maybe you don't either? Maybe you just like overcharging people, or where your from there is not a good competitive market like in Boston. Anyways I looked at 3 sided pave also it was all the way around .86ct for $1300
Posted: 12/23/2004 10:11:25 AM

P: 12/23/2004 10:15:04 AM
fortheloveofdiamonds Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,279 Last Post: 7/4/2006 Member Since: 10/8/2004	I think $2500 for this kind of ring is a bargain. You are not just paying for the diamonds and the platinum.. you are paying for the labor intensive craft!
Posted: 12/23/2004 10:15:04 AM

P: 12/23/2004 10:15:44 AM
valeria101 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,048 Last Post: 4/30/2006 Member Since: 8/29/2003	Date: 12/23/2004 9:46:53 AM Author: moremoremore Ice- I recently bought a .50 side stone. I could barely handle the thing. I was like...if I had to work with teeny little stones for pave, I'D SHOOT MYSELF!!! Passed by my jeweler last evening... for end of year party. His newest piece is a pair of cuffs with about 1000 bits of different shapes 'paved' in ! Crazy ??? Ana "The greatest experts are only as good as the sum total of what they have seen." [Souren Melikian]
Posted: 12/23/2004 10:15:44 AM

P: 12/23/2004 10:15:51 AM
DiamondsRagirlsbestfriend Cut Rock Total Posts: 330 Last Post: 9/4/2007 Member Since: 12/13/2004	Hi, TMS: May I ask where you found that setting you mentioned? thanks, Mary
Posted: 12/23/2004 10:15:51 AM

P: 12/23/2004 10:22:45 AM
TMS Rough Rock Total Posts: 7 Last Post: 12/23/2004 Member Since: 11/3/2004	The three sided pave was at a shop called "Homsy Jewelers" in the Jewelers building in downtown Boston. I'm not sure if they sell online, but you should be able to look them up.
Posted: 12/23/2004 10:22:45 AM

P: 12/23/2004 10:25:24 AM
DiamondsRagirlsbestfriend Cut Rock Total Posts: 330 Last Post: 9/4/2007 Member Since: 12/13/2004	thanks!
Posted: 12/23/2004 10:25:24 AM

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