Hello,
I''m going to be in the market for a diamond and have noticed during the last 5 years a shortage in ideal cut diamonds 1.70 to 1.99 carats.
I have also noticed that EGL are less expensive.
Because of the lack of inventory, I would like to open my search to EGL too.
I would like a 1.80+ Ideal cut diamond G color, clean SI1 - now if I can find a stone with an EGL cert - why can''t I take it to David Atlas and have him review it before I buy the diamond. I live in Philly.
Everybody is telling me not to buy a EGL stone because they don''t hold to strict grading rules but David does...
I''ve sent a few of my friends to David prior to them buying a stone because they were buying them from the internet. Just to make sure the cert matched the diamond (but they were all GIA).
Any comments?
I''m going to be in the market for a diamond and have noticed during the last 5 years a shortage in ideal cut diamonds 1.70 to 1.99 carats.
I have also noticed that EGL are less expensive.
Because of the lack of inventory, I would like to open my search to EGL too.
I would like a 1.80+ Ideal cut diamond G color, clean SI1 - now if I can find a stone with an EGL cert - why can''t I take it to David Atlas and have him review it before I buy the diamond. I live in Philly.
Everybody is telling me not to buy a EGL stone because they don''t hold to strict grading rules but David does...
I''ve sent a few of my friends to David prior to them buying a stone because they were buying them from the internet. Just to make sure the cert matched the diamond (but they were all GIA).
Any comments?