I've been saving for a reddish orange spessartine garnet. I keep my eye on a few different listings. I noticed that this year, two vendors that I've been thinking of buying from have increased the price significantly on the larger (3+ carat) red-orange spessartines. As in, the gems have been sitting on their site for quite some time, then one vendor added $1000 to the price of their spessartines, and the other vendor added around $300-$400. For example, one gem went from $895 last year to $1895 this year.
Two vendors doing this isn't exactly a trend, I know, but it's been hard to find vendors that sell red-orange spessartine, so I haven't found any more examples. They didn't increase the price for smaller or yellow-orange spessartines. Does anyone know why this could be happening?
Two vendors doing this isn't exactly a trend, I know, but it's been hard to find vendors that sell red-orange spessartine, so I haven't found any more examples. They didn't increase the price for smaller or yellow-orange spessartines. Does anyone know why this could be happening?
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