Fancy colored diamonds in estate jewelry?

First off, you stated that your wife wants a fancy colored blue diamond ring as her birthday present. And since you've already mentioned that you've looked up prices for fancy blue diamond jewelry online and that the prices were astronomical, then you must understand the rarity of these types of precious gemstones. Fancy colored diamonds are very rare, which explains their inflated prices. Fancy colored blue diamonds are especially rare (the rarest fancy colored diamond being red and blue comes in at a close second), which is why they are exceedingly valuable. Which is why I find it hard to believe that you would be able to find fancy blue diamond jewelry for a moderate, and affordable price (of course it all depends on what you consider affordable, however fancy colored blue diamonds are often priced in the millions of dollars). Perhaps you should try and persuade her to settle for nice blue sapphire jewelry or blue topaz set jewelry. I think that you would be hard pressed to find genuine fancy colored diamonds in estate sales, in general. Fancy colored diamonds were not always considered to be as valuable as they are today. They were once thought to be substandard diamonds, inferior to colorless diamonds. As such, vintage jewelry pieces may not even incorporate fancy colored diamonds. The colorful gemstones set into estate pieces may be glass beads, or may be precious or precious semi-gemstones, but would probably not be actual diamonds. However, I think that rummaging around in estate sales is still worth a try. You never know what treasures you may find. You may, unexpectedly, be able to find fancy colored diamonds set into estate jewelry, however you should be prepared to be patient in your search as these pieces would be highly uncommon. If you do happen to find estate, fancy colored diamond jewelry, make sure to ask for the appropriate certificate, which would guarantee the authenticity of the fancy colored diamond. It is exceedingly important that you verify that the diamond is termed 'natural fancy' on its attached certificate. If the precious gemstone is not termed 'natural fancy' it may be artificially colored, or it may be a diamond with a low color grade masquerading as a genuine fancy colored diamond (when a diamond has a very low color grade, between N and Z, it may appear to be tinted yellow or brown. It is hard to tell the difference between a low color grade diamond and an actual fancy colored yellow or brown diamond).

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