DominaMusica
Rough_Rock
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- Oct 3, 2011
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Hello, I am so eager for all your expertise and advice on this potential transaction! I've been offered a trade deal that I'm considering and hope that you will give me advice, especially those of you who love antique rings and older stones!
Short background, some of you may know this already: original engagement ring experience 10 years ago was terrible (bad stones, shoddy workmanship), so they remade the ring but it still wasn't what we wanted (it was a 1.11 princess with .35 side trillions). I paired it with a Whitney Boin platinum eternity band that we had gotten a great price on, but it also wasn't working for me (too heavy and wide (I'm a musician, so I need my rings to be light and not sharp)). Around our 5-year anniversary, we went back to that jeweler (unfortunately) so we could trade in and trade up the princess ring for a round brilliant (1.70, H). We are pretty sure they scalped us and they were very intimidating and pushy and we felt trapped because we had already invested the money with them. So, we get the round brilliant but they insist on putting it in a Tiffany 6-prong, which I hate because it's sharp.
I am a passionate lover of old rings and old stones, but when we got engaged 10 years ago we didn't know where to find them. Now we know! Which brings me to today: I went to a jeweler here in Dallas recommended by some friends to see about consigning/trading the Whitney Boin band. The conversation got interesting the more questions they asked about what I wanted, and eventually the very nice person left to get the manager, and a very nice manager/owner person came down to meet with me and brought the antique ring that I'm going to attach pictures of. Long story short, he said he would consider trading straight across, my Whitney Boin band and 1.70 solitaire for this ca. 1900s platinum engagement ring with a 1.86 old round brilliant K and two fancy cut sapphires on the sides.
Is this a crazy trade? Or am I super lucky to find a jeweler who is WILLING to make a trade, because I know that selling the jewelry on my own would be dicey and difficult and I wouldn't get much for them at all. The Whitney Boin and solitaire are gorgeous together, but I'm much more of an antique girl and they just aren't my style, plus they don't feel good to wear to my hands
Some pros: I LOVE old unique rings and have always wanted one. And I wouldn't have to put any other money forward.
Some cons: It would represent a net loss of roughly 5K from the combined costs of the Whitney Boin and solitaire. And though this antique ring is gorgeous, it's not an old european cut, which is something that I really love.
What do you think? The other options would be trying to go for a custom piece, and he said he would be willing to put my two rings as trade-ins for that as well, but we did not discuss any actual amounts, because we weren't picking out stones, etc.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, all!
Short background, some of you may know this already: original engagement ring experience 10 years ago was terrible (bad stones, shoddy workmanship), so they remade the ring but it still wasn't what we wanted (it was a 1.11 princess with .35 side trillions). I paired it with a Whitney Boin platinum eternity band that we had gotten a great price on, but it also wasn't working for me (too heavy and wide (I'm a musician, so I need my rings to be light and not sharp)). Around our 5-year anniversary, we went back to that jeweler (unfortunately) so we could trade in and trade up the princess ring for a round brilliant (1.70, H). We are pretty sure they scalped us and they were very intimidating and pushy and we felt trapped because we had already invested the money with them. So, we get the round brilliant but they insist on putting it in a Tiffany 6-prong, which I hate because it's sharp.
I am a passionate lover of old rings and old stones, but when we got engaged 10 years ago we didn't know where to find them. Now we know! Which brings me to today: I went to a jeweler here in Dallas recommended by some friends to see about consigning/trading the Whitney Boin band. The conversation got interesting the more questions they asked about what I wanted, and eventually the very nice person left to get the manager, and a very nice manager/owner person came down to meet with me and brought the antique ring that I'm going to attach pictures of. Long story short, he said he would consider trading straight across, my Whitney Boin band and 1.70 solitaire for this ca. 1900s platinum engagement ring with a 1.86 old round brilliant K and two fancy cut sapphires on the sides.
Is this a crazy trade? Or am I super lucky to find a jeweler who is WILLING to make a trade, because I know that selling the jewelry on my own would be dicey and difficult and I wouldn't get much for them at all. The Whitney Boin and solitaire are gorgeous together, but I'm much more of an antique girl and they just aren't my style, plus they don't feel good to wear to my hands
Some pros: I LOVE old unique rings and have always wanted one. And I wouldn't have to put any other money forward.
Some cons: It would represent a net loss of roughly 5K from the combined costs of the Whitney Boin and solitaire. And though this antique ring is gorgeous, it's not an old european cut, which is something that I really love.
What do you think? The other options would be trying to go for a custom piece, and he said he would be willing to put my two rings as trade-ins for that as well, but we did not discuss any actual amounts, because we weren't picking out stones, etc.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, all!