songbird07
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I recently purchased a beautiful Ceylon sapphire and diamond from Etsy. I paid $1345 and that was a 10% discount from the original price. Here is the description of the ring and attached are pictures of the ring:
"A beautiful and delicate engagement ring featuring a bright blue sapphire in white gold diamond halo.
The center stone is a 1.16 carat sapphire from Sri Lanka. It measures 7.1 x 5.5 mm, nice oval cut, basic heat only, VS1 clarity. It has a very pretty medium violetish blue color, very bright. The crystal is very nice and clean, giving it very nice luster and sparkle. This sapphire would make a very nice stone for an engagement ring. It's becoming increasingly difficult to find nice sapphires these days. This one is a nice size, beautiful color, great cut and flawless clarity, great choice!
The sapphire is set in a 14K white gold ring with 0.3 carats of GH VS2 diamonds, that frame the stone in a delicate diamond halo. The ring is designed with our signature swirly gallery, that allows a wedding band to fit flush with the engagement ring."
The ring is gorgeous in person and I really love it! I was planning to wear it as an engagement ring so I took it to get appraised for insurance purposes. I received the appraisal today and was shocked to see that it only appraised for $750! In the appraisal description, it says that the ring is what it is described to be - a genuine sapphire, diamonds, and white gold. The appraiser is a gemologist but does own the jewelry store where I took it to be appraised. I was just told that this can be a conflict of interest and that I should have taken to an appraiser who doesn't sell anything. So that's my mistake. It is possible the jeweler skewed the appraisal in hopes that I would buy one of his sapphire rings - of which he has many. In fact, I saw a similar ring in the store - same size, style, etc. The sapphire was a darker blue - nowhere near as pretty as the one I have. That ring in the store was selling for $2300. I asked what the difference between the 2 rings were and didn't get an answer that made much sense to me.
The seller from Etsy has been wonderful in communicating with me about this and she actually recommended that I post this and ask if the price I paid for this ring is fair.
So here are my questions: Do you think that paying $1345 for this ring is a fair price? Is the appraiser on target or is this appraisal a joke?
Thanks so much for any help that can be provided!




"A beautiful and delicate engagement ring featuring a bright blue sapphire in white gold diamond halo.
The center stone is a 1.16 carat sapphire from Sri Lanka. It measures 7.1 x 5.5 mm, nice oval cut, basic heat only, VS1 clarity. It has a very pretty medium violetish blue color, very bright. The crystal is very nice and clean, giving it very nice luster and sparkle. This sapphire would make a very nice stone for an engagement ring. It's becoming increasingly difficult to find nice sapphires these days. This one is a nice size, beautiful color, great cut and flawless clarity, great choice!
The sapphire is set in a 14K white gold ring with 0.3 carats of GH VS2 diamonds, that frame the stone in a delicate diamond halo. The ring is designed with our signature swirly gallery, that allows a wedding band to fit flush with the engagement ring."
The ring is gorgeous in person and I really love it! I was planning to wear it as an engagement ring so I took it to get appraised for insurance purposes. I received the appraisal today and was shocked to see that it only appraised for $750! In the appraisal description, it says that the ring is what it is described to be - a genuine sapphire, diamonds, and white gold. The appraiser is a gemologist but does own the jewelry store where I took it to be appraised. I was just told that this can be a conflict of interest and that I should have taken to an appraiser who doesn't sell anything. So that's my mistake. It is possible the jeweler skewed the appraisal in hopes that I would buy one of his sapphire rings - of which he has many. In fact, I saw a similar ring in the store - same size, style, etc. The sapphire was a darker blue - nowhere near as pretty as the one I have. That ring in the store was selling for $2300. I asked what the difference between the 2 rings were and didn't get an answer that made much sense to me.
The seller from Etsy has been wonderful in communicating with me about this and she actually recommended that I post this and ask if the price I paid for this ring is fair.
So here are my questions: Do you think that paying $1345 for this ring is a fair price? Is the appraiser on target or is this appraisal a joke?
Thanks so much for any help that can be provided!



