Are there other Yurman gemstones that are reconstituted or man-made? Sometimes lapis is with other jewelers. Or Jasper. Hesitant to buy any more Yurman I their standards are this low (and their marketing borderline shady).
Yurman turquoise is really colored resin??????
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The price they're charging is ridiculous. For comparison, while in Scottsdale AZ in April, we bought a cute "turquoise" bear made the same way. It's about 20 times the size of the stone in your ring and we paid under $200 (no, it didn't have gold or diamonds in it). The vendor was very upfront about explaining how the bear was made. For that David Yurman price, the ring should have a genuine center stone -- amethyst, kunzite, tourmaline or blue topaz, for example. The $3000 would also cover the costs for you to fly to New Mexico, sip some blue margaritas in Santa Fe, and find something made with real turquoise.
Real, gem quality turquoise is rare and quite expensive. If you want the genuine article, your going to spend more than $3K. Verdura makes a turquoise ring, but it's around $10K, no diamond. VCA makes a white gold, turquoise and diamond ring that's in the $7K range. I believe Elizabeth Locke may make some rings in the $4 to $7K range. Her pieces are lovely and largely keep their value.
Nowadays, I wouldn't touch Yurman pieces with a 10' pole.
Nowadays, I wouldn't touch Yurman pieces with a 10' pole.
If you're willing to buy vintage/antique, you can find some quality genuine turquoise pieces, usually Victorian, at good auction houses, especially in Europe where turquoise isn't quite as sought after. I usually check the jewelry sales results (not the estimated price but the prices the pieces were sold at) and they're surprisingly reasonable. However, your best bet is not with the most famous auction houses like Sotheby's or Christies, but with the good but lesser known houses like Horta (horta.be) in Brussels. And if you get a piece at a good price but don't like the setting, it's not that expensive to get it re-set.
I TOTALLY aree. I don't buy their justification: "supply of natural stones are depleted so it's okay for us to sell you fake stuff at the price of real stones".
In my book lab-created, man made anything is still FAKE.