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[AN0NYM0US]

I stalk DBL and Leibish daily, but I was wondering who else is out there?

[davidelevi]

I have a bit of a vested interest here, given my affiliation to DBL, but I have to say there isn't too much around with a decent choice of coloured diamonds. Leibish have a US branch/affiliate called Ishay Ben David, but they share 90% of the same stock (and the site/images are - hm, well, you know...)

Blue Nile has moved in the space but it seems a half hearted move to me, and I don't think their pure internet/drop-ship driven model is suited to coloured diamonds (GIA report data on a white round conveys enough info to take a good bet on how the stone will look, but on a fancy colour fancy cut stone it tells one next to nothing), and they have a very limited assortment: last time I looked, BN had 45 fancy colour stones listed. And 650,000 D-J ones (real number!).

Some people known for coloured stones also have some diamonds - for example R.W.Wise, Pala Gems and (once it sorts out the problems with its site) Cherrypicked - but choice is usually limited and stock tends to move slowly.

Other than that, it's mostly pot luck in finding already made jewellery pieces with coloured diamonds, be they new or estate.

[jan]

We sell alot of colored diamonds as well.
Here are a couple of new ones we just got in.

Fancy Deep Yellowish Orange
Fancy Intense Pink

Edited by jan, 26 January 2011 - 11:29 AM.

[jan]

Pink one is gone now.

[davidelevi]

I can imagine! Nice colour, and it seems pretty clean for a pink!

[LaurieH]

That is GORGEOUS for a pink---OMG, and a Cushion, too! No wonder it's now sold!

It's so difficult to shop for color b/c SO few folks out there either carry them or carry enough of them, and without seeing them in person, it's hard to compare colors and/or prices. Just means we have to wish you even more luck in your search! And when you've got something, please come back and show it off!

[jan]

It might be a while. It's going into a bracelet with multi colors and shapes. I'll post a photo of the bracelet when it's actually done. So far there is the orange marquise, pink cushion, and a fancy intense yellow heartshape in it.

[LaurieH]

a bracelet? Really? What was the size of that pink cushion?

[jan]

That one was a 1/3 of a carat. We are going to halo all the colors with fine white diamonds in the D-F color range. So it should actually look larger after set.

[jan]

Here is another intense pink that we are getting ready to send to GIA. This one is really nice considering it's under $2000.

[LaurieH]

Shame on that cushion though...I might have actually been able to afford a third of a carat hehe Be sure to take pics of the bracelet when it's done

(beautiful Pear, too)