The Romance of an Antique Diamond Ring

Executive Summary about Antique Diamond Ring by Joseph Giordano

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While most people go after a brand-new diamond when shopping for rings, sometimes getting an antique ring can be a better option. Antique rings have an age and unique quality to them. The sentimental value behind an antique diamond ring is easy to distinguish. Research is paramount on picking the right antique diamond ring for your loved one.

No matter where you find the ring of choice, make sure you always try to ensure the authenticity of your antique diamond ring. Get the ring(s) professionally appraised if it does not already have a certificate of authenticity. Having the ring appraised also ensures you of the value of any gems embedded in the ring.

Check and compare the certificate and the antique diamond ring very carefully and make sure they match. Don’t ever try and buy an antique diamond ring from anywhere other than a large and reputable store or outlet.

The biggest drawback to buying an antique diamond ring is that determining the market value can be difficult. Overall, however, antique diamond rings are very romantic pieces of jewelry – especially as engagement and wedding rings.

Say “I Do” with an Antique Diamond Ring

Executive Summary about Antique Diamond Ring by Carl Price

The antique diamond ring is a popular form of jewelry that has usually denoted elegance, prominence, and romantic symbolism.

The Cullinan Diamond, the largest gem-quality diamond in known existence, is part of the crown jewels of Great Britain, having 3, 106.75 carats.

The diamond is very expensive, so any jewelry comprised of diamonds, like the antique diamond ring, has a high gem-stone value. As the diamond ages, the more valuable it is, although its gemstone-value doesn’t necessarily change; the antique diamond ring typically has a higher monetary appreciation than a newer or modern diamond ring.

Antique diamond rings have held other significances as well. Antique diamond rings are keepsakes sold and sought by many at conventions and antique road shows.

Also, check out my other guide on: Diamonds Earrings and Diamond Vintage

The Rare Blue Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond Exhibition in 2010

By Woro Swasti

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Diamond jewelry stones are always have high price due to their value. Some of them have extremely high value and of course, very expensive. Rare diamonds usually belong to this group of diamonds. One of the rarest blue diamond jewelry in the world is Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond.

Now the Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond is on display until August 2010. It is exhibited in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. No one knows when the diamond will be seen in public again after this exhibition, so this is the right time to watch this adorable rare blue diamond.

The Wittelsbach Blue diamond was in December 2008 auction, when Laurence Graff, a diamond dealer, paid more than $25m for this famous diamond. Graff repolished the diamond, made a reduction to it’s carat weight, and thus making it internally flawless. Now the diamond’s weight slightly over 31 carats and renamed Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond.

The Wittelsbach diamond originally weighs 35.56 metric carats. The diamond has an unusual pattern with 82 facets. The diamond was discovered many centuries ago at the diamond mine in India, the same origin as the Hope Diamond. Many believe that the two blue diamonds was fashioned from the same piece of rough French Blue Diamond.

In 1664, Philip IV of Spain gave the Wittelsbach blue diamond to his 15-year-old daughter, the Infanta Margareta Teresa, upon her engagement to Emperor Leopold I of Austria. The earlier history of the Wittelsbach was lost during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39.

The beautiful diamond was last seen in public in Brussels at the 1958 World Exhibition. Six years later, the Wittelsbach was acquired by private collector until the auction in 2008.

I wrote a guide you may be interested in reading: Oval Diamond and Canary Diamond