How do you know if you are getting the right price for a stone?

[bsdubya]

Been looking around and it''s driving me nuts! Someone please help bring me back to sanity.

Just looked at a round brillant that is:
laser inscription
weight: 2.09
cert: GIA
Color: I
Clarity: Si1
Girdle: thin to medium, faceted
no culet
polish: exc
symetry: exc
flor: none

the inclusions are on the table, but are really slight.

What would you pay for such a stone?

/bsdubya

 

[WinkHPD]

That depends on what the table and depth are and if the stone is properly proportioned. Unfortunately you did not give us enough information to give you a good answer.

Wink

 

[bsdubya]

Sorry bout that
Depth: 59.2%
Table: 58%

Dimensions are: 8.38-8.40 x 4.97mm

Looks like it's on the borderline.

 

[researcher]

What did it score on the cut advisor? I know nothing about RB stones, but I know people are always mentioning the scores....

 

[researcher]

Also, have you used the "price stats" link on Pricescope to compare the cost of your stone to those offered by other vendors? That's a great place to start if you haven't!

 

[chialea]

BTW, you'll need the crown and pavillion angles to use the cut advisor. They control a lot of the brilliance and fire, judging by the cut advisor! If the vendor doesn't have those figures available, you can ask him to run the stone through a Sarin machine, which will measure all those things for him.

 

[researcher]

That's a good point, but with the low ratings for this stone I somehow doubt that they will get great ratings. I could be wrong, but I would guess that the stone won't rate very high in those areas either....

 

[bsdubya]

but the cert doesn't have any ratings, just the specifications. Also this is a thin to medium girdle. Doen't have a registered copy diacalc so I cant really rate this stone. What else would you need for a rough estimate?

 

[chialea]

the HCA can be used by clicking that link called "cut advisor" above. you'll need crown and pavillion angles, though...

 

[bsdubya]

yea, don't have that, just the measurements which are 8.38-8.40 x 4.97.