) someday I hope to either buy an OEC or buy a new one from GOG.. for a pendant.. I just notice this often.. this lower colored stone color in the old European's.. sorry to go off topic... must say that the original poster is truly an 'entrepreneur' 
Some of this has to do with what various mines have produced over the history of diamond mining. I'm told that, in general, stones from the Canadian and Russian mines tend to have higher clarity and color than the stones from the old African mines. Smaller sizes too by the way. I think a bigger effect is the history of recutting. A stone mined in, say, 1910 will have likely passed through the hands of at least 3 or 4 different owners since it was first cut and sold and possibly quite a lot more. At each of those steps a decision was made whether to recut it or not. The higher the grade and the bigger the stone, meaning the higher the price, the more likely it is that they'll do it. It's a one way trip but it DOES pay off, or at least it did. Recutting the low colors didn't come with the same paycheck. OEC's now have their own following and an F/VS of a decent size is nearly impossible to find in an antique but this is a fairly recent effect. Fashion is that way.Tekate|1386541828|3570119 said:Denverappraiser: I am sorry to but in but pertaining to your post.. When I look (drool) over OEC diamonds they all seem to be in the lower range.. and the modern brilliant seems often to be in the G-K color range (also the DEF but I don't look at them
denverappraiser|1386551944|3570207 said:Some of this has to do with what various mines have produced over the history of diamond mining. I'm told that, in general, stones from the Canadian and Russian mines tend to have higher clarity and color than the stones from the old African mines. Smaller sizes too by the way. I think a bigger effect is the history of recutting. A stone mined in, say, 1910 will have likely passed through the hands of at least 3 or 4 different owners since it was first cut and sold and possibly quite a lot more. At each of those steps a decision was made whether to recut it or not. The higher the grade and the bigger the stone, meaning the higher the price, the more likely it is that they'll do it. It's a one way trip but it DOES pay off, or at least it did. Recutting the low colors didn't come with the same paycheck. OEC's now have their own following and an F/VS of a decent size is nearly impossible to find in an antique but this is a fairly recent effect. Fashion is that way.Tekate|1386541828|3570119 said:Denverappraiser: I am sorry to but in but pertaining to your post.. When I look (drool) over OEC diamonds they all seem to be in the lower range.. and the modern brilliant seems often to be in the G-K color range (also the DEF but I don't look at them
Yssie|1386552760|3570215 said:denverappraiser|1386551944|3570207 said:Some of this has to do with what various mines have produced over the history of diamond mining. I'm told that, in general, stones from the Canadian and Russian mines tend to have higher clarity and color than the stones from the old African mines. Smaller sizes too by the way. I think a bigger effect is the history of recutting. A stone mined in, say, 1910 will have likely passed through the hands of at least 3 or 4 different owners since it was first cut and sold and possibly quite a lot more. At each of those steps a decision was made whether to recut it or not. The higher the grade and the bigger the stone, meaning the higher the price, the more likely it is that they'll do it. It's a one way trip but it DOES pay off, or at least it did. Recutting the low colors didn't come with the same paycheck. OEC's now have their own following and an F/VS of a decent size is nearly impossible to find in an antique but this is a fairly recent effect. Fashion is that way.Tekate|1386541828|3570119 said:Denverappraiser: I am sorry to but in but pertaining to your post.. When I look (drool) over OEC diamonds they all seem to be in the lower range.. and the modern brilliant seems often to be in the G-K color range (also the DEF but I don't look at them
Are old cuts becoming notably popular outside PS? I had thought this was a recent phenomenon largely contained in the PS bubble - and had also taken note of DS' observation in another thread that there have been more lower-colours for sale in the pre-loved subforum recently as more people are apparently concluding that perhaps the low-colour old cut trend isn't for them after all.. high-coloured old cuts outside PS?
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