When I first started collecting gemstones I had no idea I would go for the more exotic looks of gems-I always wanted to look at stones that were large enough to see easily & without compliments of other stones to 'dress up' the item I put together. I did ask some advise from 'professionals' who made some beautiful pieces but to me , they all looked similar, I didnt want to see jewelry like I wore coming at me. My thing was forward, large stones, & pleasing to the eye so as to take in the whole item & not dwell on part of the piece. I was told my items are bland, no excitement, no pop or sparkle & the gold work was not 'finished' looking. A few were impressed with the stones I have & the simple layout in the design. Im showing 7 pendents in stones one will not see in most stores, the sizes average @ 2" x .5" inches, tall & wide, with very good quality stones, top 3 pendents are l to r, yellow tourmaline, purple tourmaline, spessartite garnet. The bottom 4, l to r, pink topaz & bi-color tourmaline, red spinel from Burma, pink tourmaline & blue spinel. All in 14kt & 18kt gold. All pendents are arranged symmetrical in stone placement as to let ur eyes look at the entire piece. Ive done pretty well because the combined appraisal on these pendents is @$200,000.00, insurance retail, which puts the wholesale prices @$35,000.00 just for the stones. The appraisals also help to verify the stones are as stated. The fun part is I have not paid that much for the stones as they were bought on auction & buy now sales, most overseas-a hobby for me & showing something unique & different-thank you for ur time to read this long post-stevie...
These are quite lovely! You have grand eye for quality & design. Some people have no idea and really sometimes it's just as well.
m76steve you have a great hobby and it is profitable too.
