Hello all!
First time poster, long time lurker, and all that . This forum is amazing, and I'm hoping to benefit by the experts on here! By now I feel like I can find a decent diamond thanks to this forum, but I'm a bit out of my depth with colored stones, and in need of help!
Long story short, I have the amazing honour of helping my sister's bf find an engagement ring for her. She fell in love as a little girl with Princess Di's blue sapphire ring and has always wanted a (slightly modernized) replica as her e-ring. I've asked David Klass for a quote for the setting (14k wg pave halo), and his price has left us with around $600usd budgeted for the stone. From reading on here,
I presume it will be a tough challenge to find something great for that price, so part of my question is, what should a realistic budget be, for a 7x5 - 8x6 oval, royal blue, well cut sapphire? I think heat treatment will have to be ok.
I have started reading up on all the recommended threads and stickies, but hoping to find a handful of recommendations as a starting point while I become educated. Any help would be fabulous! Sister's bf is hoping to propose by end of summer, so that puts him in a bit of a time constraint as well.
Thanks in advance! Looking forward to learning from you all!
First time poster, long time lurker, and all that . This forum is amazing, and I'm hoping to benefit by the experts on here! By now I feel like I can find a decent diamond thanks to this forum, but I'm a bit out of my depth with colored stones, and in need of help!
Long story short, I have the amazing honour of helping my sister's bf find an engagement ring for her. She fell in love as a little girl with Princess Di's blue sapphire ring and has always wanted a (slightly modernized) replica as her e-ring. I've asked David Klass for a quote for the setting (14k wg pave halo), and his price has left us with around $600usd budgeted for the stone. From reading on here,
I presume it will be a tough challenge to find something great for that price, so part of my question is, what should a realistic budget be, for a 7x5 - 8x6 oval, royal blue, well cut sapphire? I think heat treatment will have to be ok.
I have started reading up on all the recommended threads and stickies, but hoping to find a handful of recommendations as a starting point while I become educated. Any help would be fabulous! Sister's bf is hoping to propose by end of summer, so that puts him in a bit of a time constraint as well.
Thanks in advance! Looking forward to learning from you all!