Question about date on AGS certificate report

[ren12]

Currently in the market for a ring and I noticed that some reports have really old dates on their lab reports. Does this mean that they have been on the market for a few years and still haven't been sold or are they used stones? Any info will be of help, thanks.

 

[kenny]

Could be either.

BTW a report dated yesterday does not mean a diamond was never owned/worn by 10 previous customers.

After divorce or death people do not throw away diamonds.
Some get sold, re-polished if needed, and re-enter the retail market.

I've bought a lot of diamonds and often question vendors on the diamond's history, but get no information.

 

[denverappraiser]

Could be either.

BTW a report dated yesterday does not mean a diamond was never owned/worn by 10 previous customers.

After divorce or death people do not throw away diamonds.
Some get sold, re-polished if needed, and re-enter the retail market.

I've bought a lot of diamonds and often question vendors on the diamond's history, but get no information.

Normally they don't know because they're getting it from some other source. Occasionally they just don't want to say. 'Where did you get this?' is not the sort of information that dealers normally give up easilly whether we're talking about diamonds or anything else. As you point out, nearly every diamond ever mined is still out there and they change hands at least every generation or so. A stone examined by a lab yesterday could quite possibly have been mined 100 years ago. 'Used' is a slightly odd concept when it comes to rocks.