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If you had $18,000 to spend on an ideal cut round brilliant loose diamond today, what would you buy? Please include: carat, color, clarity, certification, symmetry, polish.
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depends on your personal preference.
 
For round brilliants,
If I was a high color/high clarity gal, with a love of cut precision, I'd go for this (sacrificing carat weight, though it is a full carat, to get the best color, clarity and cut.
D VVS2
I'd set it in a delicate halo.

If I wanted size, and the most value for my money, without sacrificing cut quality, I'd go with this N color, SI1 clarity diamond
N SI1
and set it in a high carat yellow gold setting by Alex Sepkus
Alex Sepkus
 
I'd get the biggest G VS2 I could afford, which would probbaly be just over 1.5cts, and I would buy from a vendor selling AGS0 H&A diamonds.
 
Nobody cares about GIA certification? Originally, I was thinking 2.0 carats, H-I color, VS, triple X. Now, I''m thinking smaller with better color???
 
I''m a novice at this, so I was hoping to get some "experienced" preferences. What stone would you suggest as far as best investment?
 
Date: 3/1/2010 8:39:43 PM
Author: teamobrien
I''m a novice at this, so I was hoping to get some ''experienced'' preferences. What stone would you suggest as far as best investment?
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Diamonds are not an investment. They do not hod their value at all and would only ever sell on the secondary market for 50% of the retail price, if you are lucky. Think of a diamond purchase as a true luxory purchase... the money is GONE once it is spent.

And GIA is a very good lab as well. The diamonds we were posting are AGS certed, which is another very reputable lab with stricter cut guidelines for their top cut grade.

 
Date: 3/1/2010 3:05:55 PM
Author:teamobrien
If you had $18,000 to spend on an ideal cut round brilliant loose diamond today, what would you buy? Please include: carat, color, clarity, certification, symmetry, polish.
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the biggest well cut AGS/GIA G SI1 stone for $18K.
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Thanks for all your suggestions!
 
"Diamonds are not an investment. They do not hod their value at all and would only ever sell on the secondary market for 50% of the retail price, if you are lucky. Think of a diamond purchase as a true luxory purchase... the money is GONE once it is spent."

Not exactly true. I paid $36k for the little yellow Z3 that you see on the left. If I ''upgrade'' it today they would give me about $10k for it toward my new Z4.

If I had purchased a H&A diamond back then for $36k and wanted to ''upgrade'' it today for something better I would get $36k for it toward my new diamond.

Sounds like a pretty good investment to me.

But I look at it this way. It is an investment in my wife''s happiness. If she is happy, I am happy. So it is also an investment in my happiness.

dimonbob
 
Date: 3/2/2010 4:54:48 PM
Author: dimonbob
''Diamonds are not an investment. They do not hod their value at all and would only ever sell on the secondary market for 50% of the retail price, if you are lucky. Think of a diamond purchase as a true luxory purchase... the money is GONE once it is spent.''

Not exactly true. I paid $36k for the little yellow Z3 that you see on the left. If I ''upgrade'' it today they would give me about $10k for it toward my new Z4.

If I had purchased a H&A diamond back then for $36k and wanted to ''upgrade'' it today for something better I would get $36k for it toward my new diamond.

Sounds like a pretty good investment to me.

But I look at it this way. It is an investment in my wife''s happiness. If she is happy, I am happy. So it is also an investment in my happiness.

dimonbob
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but my wallet won''t be happy.
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Date: 3/1/2010 3:23:00 PM
Author: dreamer_dachsie
I''d get the biggest G VS2 I could afford, which would probbaly be just over 1.5cts, and I would buy from a vendor selling AGS0 H&A diamonds.
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Ditto! G VS2 is my personal comfort zone for color/clarity. I prefer AGS certs, as well.


Like this Brian Gavin Signature
 
Date: 3/2/2010 4:54:48 PM
Author: dimonbob
''Diamonds are not an investment. They do not hod their value at all and would only ever sell on the secondary market for 50% of the retail price, if you are lucky. Think of a diamond purchase as a true luxory purchase... the money is GONE once it is spent.''

Not exactly true. I paid $36k for the little yellow Z3 that you see on the left. If I ''upgrade'' it today they would give me about $10k for it toward my new Z4.

If I had purchased a H&A diamond back then for $36k and wanted to ''upgrade'' it today for something better I would get $36k for it toward my new diamond.

Sounds like a pretty good investment to me.

But I look at it this way. It is an investment in my wife''s happiness. If she is happy, I am happy. So it is also an investment in my happiness.

dimonbob
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haha... Yes, I like a good upgrade policy for these reasons. But I think when most people throw around the notion of "investment" they have some vague idea of selling it down the line for a profit or at least for what they paid, and that ain''t gonna happen!
 
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