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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2012 7:34:27 GMT -5
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 24, 2012 11:21:45 GMT -5
Now I know who stole my flippin ring!!!! LOL!!!!
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Post by MyNewHobby on Mar 24, 2012 11:29:17 GMT -5
I saw this the other day and what is really bad is that someone will spend the $70 mil to have it. If the person that buys this was to spend just half of $70 mil for the good of others, there would be a hell of lot less poverty and hunger. Good God Jim ... you could crank this out in an afternoon ... Yes?  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2012 11:42:46 GMT -5
You are so right mny. It is hard to imagine that someone could have that much money and not use it for humanity. There are millions of children out there that need help and the greedy can not get enough and do nothing. Nah, that one would take me at least a day.  Jim |
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Post by peachfront on Mar 24, 2012 11:45:01 GMT -5
I think they just made up the price out of their rear end. I'll believe it sells for $70 million when I see it.
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Post by catmandewe on Mar 24, 2012 11:51:38 GMT -5
So if they copyrighted that, does that mean you can't make another one like it or just the exact way they faceted it or just out of diamond or what?
Seems kind of frivolous to me.
Wonder what they do with the scraps?
Tony
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Post by helens on Mar 24, 2012 12:08:41 GMT -5
Scraps... that would fit a whole finger... what's that? A 20 carat scrap:P? Wowsers.
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Post by geoff on Mar 24, 2012 12:13:10 GMT -5
I still think diamonds are the most pointless of gems. Cz is almost as hard and has a higher ri. Wife thinks clear stones are dumb too.
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Post by peachfront on Mar 24, 2012 12:28:24 GMT -5
You cannot copyright ideas. If someone else wants to make a ring out of diamond, knock yourself out. They have copyrighted the design. You can't just facet by facet copy their exact idea for the ring. Not that you would be likely to have a diamond of the right size and clarity to take on the project if you wanted to...
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Post by talkingstones on Mar 24, 2012 16:46:09 GMT -5
You know, I've never understood the attraction to diamonds and clear gemstones. Give me a reeeaaaalllly good picture jasper, and I'm a happy camper! Actualy, I'd go as far as to say that the semi-precious , even without pictures, are just more interesting and have a whole lot more character. Then again, I'm not big into rings either, especially with big rocks. Bracelets are about as close to the hands as I like. Cannot believe someone would pay 70 million for a ring that looks like those plastic rings that come out of the 50 cent candy dispenser at the grocery store. Finding the buyer won't be so difficult as finding the woman to wear it, I think.
Cathy
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Post by unclestu on Mar 24, 2012 18:54:11 GMT -5
I think the whole diamond for lovers and as engagement rings thing was all thought up by Debears
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Post by helens on Mar 25, 2012 0:19:19 GMT -5
Well, diamonds are strong... but brittle. I'd have that ring shattered within 2 hours of getting it... LOL!
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Post by adrian65 on Mar 25, 2012 0:26:57 GMT -5
Diamonds are less scarce and valuable than their market price, which is dictated by De Beers and maybe some other giants.
Wearing that ring might be very stressfull: the care not to break such a value and, besides, the unconfort given by the edges and points in contact with the neighbour fingers. All in all, this would be the last way I'd want to spend this ammount of money if I'd have it.
Tony is right, from the hollow for the finger it could had been extracted another big stone.
Adrian
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 25, 2012 8:25:24 GMT -5
I collected gemstones before I was a convert to cabochon material. I never much liked diamonds either until I acquired a really gorgeous old mine cut diamond. Much more color!! Those old cuts are beautiful. Sadly, the big ones are being recut into the modern brilliant cut, which has more sparkle, less color. I much prefer the color.
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Post by kk on Mar 25, 2012 9:13:03 GMT -5
Diamonds are less scarce and valuable than their market price, which is dictated by De Beers and maybe some other giants. Adrian Absolutely right, but I do love the colored ones. You can get VS1's for a very good price simply because no one is looking for them and there is no marketing machine behind it as they all try to push the white ones. But I can tell you a yellow/brown diamond can sparkle more than a so-called flawless D. Got some that actually appear olive green and love them. My second favorite Diamond color would be something even more reasonable; Chocolate brown with orange fire. LOL No one needs a 70mil diamond, its nothing more than a frivolous waste of money. Yet I'm sure a buyer will be found within the year, if not already sold. |
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Post by peachfront on Mar 25, 2012 9:50:28 GMT -5
It would never or almost never be worn. Because diamond is brittle, the insurer wouldn't allow it. This is a cabinet/museum piece. Think about the hassle people go through, to insure their million-dollar gems and only take them out for specific occasions, like attending the Oscars or something. And that's for a pendant! As for will it sell, or is it already sold, I don't doubt it will sell at some price. But I'll retain my skepticism about the $70 million.
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 25, 2012 11:10:15 GMT -5
I'm a little surprised by all the comments about the frivolousness of this. Take the fact that it's a diamond out of the equation and it is a piece of art. The lapidary artist is at the top of his/her game. Imagine the precision involved! Imagine the careful planning.
This is an artful achievement worthy of appreciation. Is it the artist's fault that DeBeers controls the prices? Is it the artist's fault that it is valuable or that someone can afford it?
I like to imagine that the person who can afford this would also be a philanthropist and maybe even someone who would send this to a museum, like the Hope diamond. Maybe, just maybe, who knows...
This doesn't have to be practical. It is the expression of a lapidary artist with the skill to realize their vision. An ostentatious display of talent, maybe, but like Dizzy Dean said, "It ain't bragging, if you can do it."
(OK, I'm crawling back to the corner....)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2012 11:56:29 GMT -5
rockjunq - no need to crawl into a corner. A different view is always welcome and quite possibly you are correct. It is definitely a work of art and not many people can say that they worked on a piece of art for one year. A friend of mine had a very large carved stone in his shop that took either two men three years or three men two years to carve it. I can not remember which but either way it was a lot of amazing work. It sold for the equivalent of $35,000.00 which must have made very little money for the carvers.
Jim
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Post by mrswtownsend on Mar 25, 2012 11:57:47 GMT -5
The first thing I would do after putting on that ring is go and inadvertently flop my hand down palm flat on a stone table...
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Post by peachfront on Mar 25, 2012 16:26:36 GMT -5
Oh, I absolutely agree that it's a work of art. I think it's a museum piece/cabinet piece though, not wearable art. Which may be just as well, since wearable art doesn't get paid close to $70 million...it's tough for a fine painting to fetch that price.
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