Vintage Cut OEC Question- Calling Old Cut Lovers!

[bunnycat]

Hello all! I've been looking at OEC and other old cuts since early this year and DH knows that one day I wanted to get a larger (for me anyway, though not large by PS standards) old cut stone. This wasn't really in the plans for lots of reasons until next year at least, but I keep coming back to this ring I saw. It's been lightly discussed in another thread and I wanted to find out what much more experienced people think of it as a ring.

Basically, I have my little vintage ring that I love with the floral illusion head popular in the mid century, but wanted to find a larger version of it one day. So I've kept a general eye out, but nothing up to now really caught my eye and I knew we were probably going to have to wait til next year anyway so it was mostly wishful thinking. As circumstance would have it, I saw this ring on both ebay and DB, liked it a lot, and an opportunity has been opened for me. What do y'all think of it?

It's a 1.13 M VS1 with GIA certification in a platinum reproduction setting. I like the light creamy lemonyness of it in the photos. Not sure how that would be IRL.

 

[mandasand]

It is GIA certified and the price is pretty good. I think the seller is open to offers. In the pictures, it does show warmth but it sounds like you don't mind that.

 

[rubybeth]

I do really like the stone, it's just a tish too small to be exactly what I want. I think, if you're going to keep the ring as a whole and not change the setting, you should go for it. I think the price is good for a completed piece that you can just slip on your finger!

 

[bunnycat]

Thank y'all for the feedback!

I wish I knew how I felt about the warmth. I know I don't like it in modern cuts, but at least in the photos, I'm not minding what I see. It's usually when I get them under spotlighting that i start to get bothered by it.

Ruby- you are right. I do like the ring as a whole. The top down view is very similar to my little vintage ring, but the shank is not so much. It's straight instead of curvy, but both have milgrain and I think I could live with that for some time to come. It's also already almost my size, just 1/4 too big, unless it is running a little small for size. I also like the look from the sides.

Of course, now I am processing all the guilty thoughts that I shouldn't have been looking, and should make myself wait until we had planned to look next year.

Here are some others I have looked at, but mostly when I look I ask if I would whip out my wallet and be willing to spend money RIGHT now and and answer no. It just seems to be this one ring I really like.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-ESTATE-ART-DECO-OLD-EUROPEAN-CUT-DIAMOND-PLATINUM-ENGAGEMENT-RING-/280956593028?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item416a516384

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Estate-Old-European-Diamond-Platinum-Engagement-Ring-Heirloom-Jewelry-/380469489142?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5895bfadf6

 

[mandasand]

You should also check out Leigh Jay Nacht's website if you want either a true antique or a replica setting with an antique stone. There is like 26 pages of rings with all different kinds of settings and stones and has something is pretty much every price range!
http://antiqueengagementrings.com/shopping/default.asp

I do think for the price, the 1.13 M is a pretty good bargain. If you are unsure about the color, I would pass on it, especially since the seller is not accepting returns.