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So... My very good friend is going through the hassle of divorcing her narcissistic, slightly mentally unstable husband, and she wants to sell the rings to help pay for her expensive but very good solicitor.
She's been to a local shop for a valuation and has not been impressed with the valuation (although I don't know what the value was at this point), so I asked her to send me the diamond grading certificate details, so that I could perhaps see what options she might have.
As it turns out, soon-to-be-ex husband seems to have fallen prey to the 'high colour is best' mentality - either that or he was plain cheap...
The diamond specs turn out to be as follows:
IGL certificate
0.7ct
D
SI1
Cut: Good
Polish: Very Good
Symmetry: Fair
Girdle: Thick
Fluor: Faint
Table: 67.5% (!!)
Crown Height: 12%
Girdle: 9%
Pavilion Depth: 47%
Total Depth: 68.1%
After plugging those percentages into the calculations @oldminer kindly posted way back in the past:
https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/percentages-to-angles-using-trig-calculator.13404/
I calculated the angles to be:
Crown Angle: 36.4
Pavilion Angle: 43.2
which gives an HCA score of, er, 9...
I can't even find anything on the PS search tool with cut grades that low - the lowest I could find was this one:
https://www.pricescope.com/diamonds/round/0_7-carat-d-color-si1-clarity-347799#
Given that looks to be, what, $2100, and secondhand diamonds seemingly sell for 10-50% of the original price (even when GIA XXX, nevermind IGL 'G/VG/F'), it looks like she would get perhaps $1000 max??
That seems so low when un-certificated stuff in the shop windows round here sells for £4k or so for that size!
I guess the old trade off of speed-of-sale versus maximising-price means a lower price if she wants to sell it quickly?
She has the original 'valuation' of £4150, and the grading certificate says 'Estimated retail value $5908", but I think we all know they are fantasy-land...
So... Should I tell her to list on ebay? LoupeTroop? idonowidont? Or take the money and run from the jeweller, even if it's only about £600??
She has said that she definitely doesn't want to keep it!
Any advice very gratefully received - I know it's unlikely to appeal to anyone on here (and couldn't even be recut into something half decent without losing a load of weight??) but your wisdom is much appreciated!
She's been to a local shop for a valuation and has not been impressed with the valuation (although I don't know what the value was at this point), so I asked her to send me the diamond grading certificate details, so that I could perhaps see what options she might have.
As it turns out, soon-to-be-ex husband seems to have fallen prey to the 'high colour is best' mentality - either that or he was plain cheap...
The diamond specs turn out to be as follows:
IGL certificate
0.7ct
D
SI1
Cut: Good
Polish: Very Good
Symmetry: Fair
Girdle: Thick
Fluor: Faint
Table: 67.5% (!!)
Crown Height: 12%
Girdle: 9%
Pavilion Depth: 47%
Total Depth: 68.1%
After plugging those percentages into the calculations @oldminer kindly posted way back in the past:
https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/percentages-to-angles-using-trig-calculator.13404/
I calculated the angles to be:
Crown Angle: 36.4
Pavilion Angle: 43.2
which gives an HCA score of, er, 9...
I can't even find anything on the PS search tool with cut grades that low - the lowest I could find was this one:
https://www.pricescope.com/diamonds/round/0_7-carat-d-color-si1-clarity-347799#
Given that looks to be, what, $2100, and secondhand diamonds seemingly sell for 10-50% of the original price (even when GIA XXX, nevermind IGL 'G/VG/F'), it looks like she would get perhaps $1000 max??
That seems so low when un-certificated stuff in the shop windows round here sells for £4k or so for that size!
I guess the old trade off of speed-of-sale versus maximising-price means a lower price if she wants to sell it quickly?
She has the original 'valuation' of £4150, and the grading certificate says 'Estimated retail value $5908", but I think we all know they are fantasy-land...
So... Should I tell her to list on ebay? LoupeTroop? idonowidont? Or take the money and run from the jeweller, even if it's only about £600??
She has said that she definitely doesn't want to keep it!
Any advice very gratefully received - I know it's unlikely to appeal to anyone on here (and couldn't even be recut into something half decent without losing a load of weight??) but your wisdom is much appreciated!