I can, off the top of my head, come up with a good handful of reasonable reasons for this pricing. A good deal? Yes. The steal of a lifetime, so good it must be suspect? I sure don’t think so.
1. It’s violet, not blue,
2. It’s neither strongly saturated nor silky,
3. It has prestigious origin, but none of the hallmarks of top specimens from that location, so prestigious origin adds no prestige pricing premium,
4. I’m guessing it may not be eyeclean at closer range,
5. The mount is polarizing in terms of aesthetic - some will love it, some will not,
6. Perhaps most critically here - this is not the type of piece this vendor normally deals in, so it’s probably not an easy or “gimme” sell to her usual clientele,
7. ...
How it came to be for sale is irrelevant. All that matters is that
@winnietucker received a ring featuring a stone that both (A) is what is described in the GIA, and (B) is in the condition described in the GIA. An independent appraiser will be able to verify both.
We all know that “pure speculation” about stone switching and hiding major chips under girdles wouldn’t enter the discussion were this a PS pet vendor. And yes, this sort of “pure speculation” is
absolutely damaging - what would you think if you googled a shop and discovered conversation about nefarious activities? Just how much digging would you bother to do before writing that shop off? Let’s kindly not play coy with our communal comprehension of the power of suggestion.
Edit - ditto
@elizat and
@JPie. And I’ve never bought from this vendor.