Newbie to the form with a question. I got engaged last week and my dear husband-to-be was given my great grandmother''s engagement ring by mother to pass down. As a child I always loved these rings and since my grandmother''s passing haven''t seen them in 16 years. The ring was originally given to my great-grandmother by her aunt.
They were given to my fiance by my mother along with the jeweler appraisal papers. The question I have is, looking at the appraisal that my grandma was given in 1980 by a reputable jeweler in the area, it seems very odd.
The appraisal states: 1 ladies 14k yellow gold engagemant ring consisting of 1 round brillant diamon weight approx. .90 t. of VVS2 quality, M Color and good proportions and is valued at $6,250.00 in 1980. The ring itself is set upon a small filigree band. The diamond looks beautiful and as I''ve cleaned it this past week the diamond appears to be getting whiter. The questions I have are:
-Given the age of ring, probably somewhere in the 1900''s why would someone buy a M color diamond with a VVS2 clarity?
-In certain (especially in the office light) it appears quite yellow, is this normal?
-With the age of the ring, why would they classify the diamond as a round brillant and not an older cut?
-Does the appraisal seem a bit high?
- Is the diamond really casting yellow or is it extremely dirty?
I have not yet had the opportunity to take it to another jeweler to be reappraised or assesed.
Any insight would be truly appreciated. Thank you!
They were given to my fiance by my mother along with the jeweler appraisal papers. The question I have is, looking at the appraisal that my grandma was given in 1980 by a reputable jeweler in the area, it seems very odd.
The appraisal states: 1 ladies 14k yellow gold engagemant ring consisting of 1 round brillant diamon weight approx. .90 t. of VVS2 quality, M Color and good proportions and is valued at $6,250.00 in 1980. The ring itself is set upon a small filigree band. The diamond looks beautiful and as I''ve cleaned it this past week the diamond appears to be getting whiter. The questions I have are:
-Given the age of ring, probably somewhere in the 1900''s why would someone buy a M color diamond with a VVS2 clarity?
-In certain (especially in the office light) it appears quite yellow, is this normal?
-With the age of the ring, why would they classify the diamond as a round brillant and not an older cut?
-Does the appraisal seem a bit high?
- Is the diamond really casting yellow or is it extremely dirty?
I have not yet had the opportunity to take it to another jeweler to be reappraised or assesed.
Any insight would be truly appreciated. Thank you!
in generally the same arrangement in an OEC vs. a round brilliant, so it might be that thirty years ago, it not every appraiser differentiated the cuts. Again, you need an appraiser to help you identify it properly. Or perhaps the provenance isn't quite accurate- a lot of times families are *sure* about a date/origin that is just not possible... people get confused or relatives tell information innaccurately over the years. I see that a *lot* at work, people come in with "grandma's cut glass" that they're certain is American Brilliant Cut c.1890, and it's actually Bohemian from the 1970s, that indeed belonged to grandma but she bought much more recently than they think. (Of course, most of the time I'm not about to tell them that! That's an appraiser's job.) Not that it's necessarily the case with your family, but it happens very frequently, I think very elderly relatives can get kinda hazy on dates sometimes, or someone made an assumption at one point that isn't true. 
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