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in Houston and got to visit a jeweler to the old monied & nouveau riche. It was an interesting experience to phone ahead to say you''re coming, have an armed guard meet you at the door of a very tall building & escort you via elevator to the appointed room. No names on the suites, just numbers. Quiet as a tomb, carpet so thick you sink in up to your ankles, cameras everywhere. Then you''re buzzed into an anteroom where, no doubt, they secretly run x-rays & MRI over you (LOL) and then buzzed into the (imagine echoes here) SECRET INNER CHAMBER.
Got to see some fabooshilicious newly acquired Tiffany estate pieces. Jeweler didn''t know if he was going to buy them and hadn''t had time to evaluate any of them, but I inquired about OECs and he pulled out a pin w/an approx 3 ct center OEC. I had my loupe with me and it looked to be J-K and maybe VS2 but obviously difficult to tell in the setting. The look on his face when I pulled out my loupe was priceless. But here''s the kicker, the jeweler did not appreciate my PS diamond education. He proclaimed that, if he purchased the lot, he would recut the OEC "because people like the modern brilliant" slight pause in conversation where you could hear crickets chirp after which I clutched my chest and practically shouted "are you craaaaaazy???!!! Lovely SPECIAL stone like that you''re going to cut it into a common RB!!!??" So he''s going to call me at weeks'' end if he buys the lot and if the appraisal turns out ok, we''ll talk.
In the meantime he pulls out two 6.5 ct rounds with lousy cuts that he was thinking about making into earrings claiming "what woman wouldn''t want 13 cts of diamonds in her years" to which I replied, "So you''re thinking about recutting what appears to be a fabulous OEC but not these, ummm, rather, ummm, sort of lifeless stones?" He said he was concerned about losing carat weight but after evaluating the look on my face, mumbled that perhaps he''d have them recut. Then he simply decided not to talk to me about diamonds anymore and try to dazzle me with emeralds & sapphires of ginormous size set in pieces meant to impress, no doubt, heads of state & aliens from Mars because I swear you could see those things unaided by a telescope if you''re located anywhere in the Milky Way.
So thanks a lot PS, you deprived me of the privilege of wearing 13 cts of lifeless carbon in my ears (offset slightly by the pleasure of giving the jeweler heartburn). I think I need to cancel my membership
Got to see some fabooshilicious newly acquired Tiffany estate pieces. Jeweler didn''t know if he was going to buy them and hadn''t had time to evaluate any of them, but I inquired about OECs and he pulled out a pin w/an approx 3 ct center OEC. I had my loupe with me and it looked to be J-K and maybe VS2 but obviously difficult to tell in the setting. The look on his face when I pulled out my loupe was priceless. But here''s the kicker, the jeweler did not appreciate my PS diamond education. He proclaimed that, if he purchased the lot, he would recut the OEC "because people like the modern brilliant" slight pause in conversation where you could hear crickets chirp after which I clutched my chest and practically shouted "are you craaaaaazy???!!! Lovely SPECIAL stone like that you''re going to cut it into a common RB!!!??" So he''s going to call me at weeks'' end if he buys the lot and if the appraisal turns out ok, we''ll talk.
In the meantime he pulls out two 6.5 ct rounds with lousy cuts that he was thinking about making into earrings claiming "what woman wouldn''t want 13 cts of diamonds in her years" to which I replied, "So you''re thinking about recutting what appears to be a fabulous OEC but not these, ummm, rather, ummm, sort of lifeless stones?" He said he was concerned about losing carat weight but after evaluating the look on my face, mumbled that perhaps he''d have them recut. Then he simply decided not to talk to me about diamonds anymore and try to dazzle me with emeralds & sapphires of ginormous size set in pieces meant to impress, no doubt, heads of state & aliens from Mars because I swear you could see those things unaided by a telescope if you''re located anywhere in the Milky Way.
So thanks a lot PS, you deprived me of the privilege of wearing 13 cts of lifeless carbon in my ears (offset slightly by the pleasure of giving the jeweler heartburn). I think I need to cancel my membership
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