Greetings...
You all helped me out a great deal when I purchased my engagement ring last summer, and I now have a buddy who is looking for an ER and I offered to help. Unfortunately, all my research went into round brilliant stones, and he is looking for a marquise center stone.
His budget all told is about 3,500$ USD for setting and stone. He found a setting he likes locally for an estimated 1,000$, so I'm limiting my search to just the center stone for ~2k - 2.5k.
Guessing there is a sweet spot for marquise stones, but I'd be curious what some pros here would do with a 2k-2.5k budget, looking to get the best bang for their buck.
He was quoted a stone at a jewelry store that was "H SI1" and a bit over a carat, to go with the setting he chose for ~3300$. I'm very suspicious that this stone had to be graded by Joe's Diamond Shack, since that doesn't seem to jive with what I'm seeing online.
Anyhow, what say you?
You all helped me out a great deal when I purchased my engagement ring last summer, and I now have a buddy who is looking for an ER and I offered to help. Unfortunately, all my research went into round brilliant stones, and he is looking for a marquise center stone.
His budget all told is about 3,500$ USD for setting and stone. He found a setting he likes locally for an estimated 1,000$, so I'm limiting my search to just the center stone for ~2k - 2.5k.
Guessing there is a sweet spot for marquise stones, but I'd be curious what some pros here would do with a 2k-2.5k budget, looking to get the best bang for their buck.
He was quoted a stone at a jewelry store that was "H SI1" and a bit over a carat, to go with the setting he chose for ~3300$. I'm very suspicious that this stone had to be graded by Joe's Diamond Shack, since that doesn't seem to jive with what I'm seeing online.
Anyhow, what say you?
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