[Jewelry making - Article 00147] - Re: [Orchid] Selling melee diamonds in NY

[Lee Cornelius]

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    Unfortunately, while there are quite a few willing buyers at that
    level, I doubt that you will find many sellers without making a major
    investment in time and/or money to find those with these excess
    stones. Look towards bankruptcy auctions and those jewelers who are
    looking at bankruptcy for your most probable suppliers. The
    successful buyers are the ones who can ferret out the deals when the
    owners reach the desperation point. 

    PS - I am not sure about your area, but the majority of melee
    diamonds that we remove from scrapped jewelry are from tennis
    bracelets and cluster rings that originally retailed at Kohl's,
    WalMart, etc., for $100 to $200 per carat, including the 10K gold
    mountings, so you can guess the quality... Nothing that you would
    want to put into an art piece, and certainly not 'sparkly'. 

    I-2, KLM baguettes, anyone? 

Lee Cornelius
Vegas Jewelers
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