[Jewelry making - Article 00265] - [Orchid] Unusual colored diamond prices

[Janet Alix]

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Greetings to you all,

    I am wondering if any among you have experience with unusual colored
    diamonds. Recently I was sent some diamonds on memo which are quite
    beautiful but they are off color. They have lab certs and one was
    given an "x" rating for color and the other was "n". They are fairly
    large -- 3 and 5 cts. I am not quite sure how to price them. I am
    fairly familiar with pricing on diamonds in the more "desirable"
    color range -- these are definitely something different. In general I
    really like diamonds that are different in various ways. I like
    unusual shapes and cuts and I sell browns and also yellows both
    natural and lab grown. So I am interested in developing this
    direction and wondering about establishing a pricing guideline for
    these stones. If any of you have experience with these kinds of
    diamonds -- diamonds that don't look good on paper but are gorgeous
    in the material world -- I would greatly appreciate your input.
    Please write me offline if you are uncomfortable discussing your
    pricing strategy on the public forum. 

    Thank you for your far flung wealth of information, 

Janet Alix
Alix and Company
55 Throckmorton Ave.
Mill Valley, CA 94941
alixandcompany.com
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