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| P: 5/28/2007 7:06:50 PM | |
Harriet Ideal Rock Total Posts: 11,800 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 7/7/2006 |
I'd love to have LM set my fledgling collection of coloured stones, but that's not going to happen for a while. What are my alternatives? Widget, what's your secret? 
"The greatest experts are only as good as the sum total of what they have seen." (Souren Melikian) |
| Posted: 5/28/2007 7:06:50 PM | |
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| P: 5/28/2007 10:15:32 PM | |
Miranda Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,042 Last Post: 9/24/2009 Member Since: 2/18/2006 |
Good thread Harriet. I love colored stones and would like to get a few, but, I don't want to spend thousands setting a $100 or $200 stone. Even a good solitare can get up there in cost.
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| Posted: 5/28/2007 10:15:32 PM | |
| P: 5/29/2007 10:14:57 AM | |
Kismet Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,444 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 5/6/2005 |
I think (but don't know for certain since I've never requested a quote) that your least expensive setting option would be a stock setting from a place like Stuller or Adwar or Leo Ingwer. This is assuming that your stone is a calibrated size or very close to a calibrated size. I have had custom work done by Bostonian Jewelers, Michael E. and Peter Lees with prices ranging from $800 to $1200. The AGTA Spectrum Awards is a nice place to looks for jewelers who work with colored stones and for ideas of what to do with your colored stones.  Kismet's rings |
| Posted: 5/29/2007 10:14:57 AM | |
| P: 5/29/2007 10:59:27 AM | |
sundragon Rough Rock Total Posts: 33 Last Post: 6/8/2007 Member Since: 5/4/2007 |
Kismet, Gees you are a fount of information. I have saved all those sites. Thanks to you. As a matter of fact I had been looking for the Shuller website (I was unsure of the spelling) because I picked out a setting from their catalogue that I am having a Heliodor put into. I am using a new stone setter and I am crossing my fingers on this one. May I ask...when you use these other sites to set stones do send them your stones or buy their stones. I get the feeling that some places are reluctant to set stones that have not been bought from them. Sundragon
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| Posted: 5/29/2007 10:59:27 AM | |
| P: 5/29/2007 11:39:05 AM | |
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Kismet Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,444 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 5/6/2005 |
For my 3 custom pieces I had purchased the stones elsewhere and none of the jewelers batted an eye about using them. The Michael E. and Peter Lees pieces were done entirely through mail/email. The Bostonian piece was discussed in person and follow-ups through email/phone.
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| Posted: 5/29/2007 11:39:05 AM | |
| P: 5/29/2007 2:35:28 PM | |
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Harriet Ideal Rock Total Posts: 11,800 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 7/7/2006 |
Thanks, Kismet. I'll look up all those sites. 
"The greatest experts are only as good as the sum total of what they have seen." (Souren Melikian) |
| Posted: 5/29/2007 2:35:28 PM | |
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