Natural Diamond Prices – December 2024
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I am often asked about the process for creating a custom designed piece of jewelry with the use of CAD (Computer-aided design). CAD has been a great innovation for helping people see what they are going to get before they actually commission a piece of custom-made jewelry. The cost is minimal, and many revisions ...
I had an interesting conversation with my daughter when she was home for Christmas this last December. She had been talking with one of her friends who thought it strange that a jeweler had wanted to charge her for polishing her ring, a service she had always received for free before. Cissy, my daughter, said tha...
Part 1: A Bedtime Story I was heartsick when I hung the phone up: A client had called and was furious because I had ruined her stone… I had no idea what she was talking about. I vaguely remembered the stone. I had checked it back in from my bench after having it set and barely paid it any mind other than to w...
Lead Glass Ruby – The Nightmare that Keeps on Giving VIEW POST
I have been in the jewelry business since 1970 when I bought my first gemstone for a girlfriend in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Within days I was buying & selling gems and my lifelong love affair and study of gemology was started. I graduated from the Gemological Institute of America in 1975, and have been a proud me...
The Camera May Not Lie – But it Tells Different Truths VIEW POST
How to know what you are doing Recently I have been seeing a LOT of commercials on the TV about turning your old gold jewelry into a mound of money. “Send us your address and we will send you a shipping envelope and soon after we will send you money.” It seems that every few weeks I see a full page ad, or even a ...
Selling Gold and Platinum Jewelry for the Melt Value VIEW POST