I just wanted to say something about how uneducated some jewelers are with colored diamonds.

I had taken some pieces to my local jewelers over a week ago to either sell them out right or consign at there shop.  I had left the jewelry with them to look it over and come up with pricing per piece.  Well I got a call today from them about the $ amount they were going to offer me.

I seriously had to laugh, I know that you aren't going to come close to what you paid for the pieces.  But OMG I was actually offended with their offer.

They said that the yellow diamonds, people would just think that they were 'bad' color stones unless they took the time to educate them on what they were buying--isn't that what they are suppose to do anyway!!!---Good grief! 

Interesting

Very true annie, I know that it certainly depends on ones exposure to colored diamonds and they are rare, but I know that when I was first educated on them, I became very interested in them.

Remember that a jeweler in the business of buying second hand pieces will more than likely be equipped with many a verbal volley to ensure he virtually 'steals' it from you.  I know - I worked for one of them and was often mortified at what he would pay people for their pieces.  He would always knock down the piece, the stones and the owner's idea of what it could be sold for.

Having said that, someone once asked if my diamond was a peridot.  Me being me, I threw my head back in a huge laugh, smiled at her and said, "Oh no - that's a yellow diamond!"  She had hold of my hand in a millisecond!

We at CDI definitely get a great education on colored diamonds from David! 

I thought that is was interesting that the jeweler in one breath says "great pieces" and in the another says " they only have value if we take the stones out to reuse"  I could see through the game with knocking down each piece, making one think they are worthless, knowing that if I went back in they would have a large price tag on most of them.  Maybe this works on some, but not me

i would love to see the look on his face after you do that... 

P.S. I've had a few people say, "Is that an amethyst??" when they see my purple heart. I'm like, Ummm, NO! It's a VERY RARE diamond! But I don't care what people think. I know what it is & I know it's worth!!!![/color]
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NO WAY!  You have a purple heart!!!!  I WANT TO SEEEEE!!!!!

I know this thread is a couple of years old but as a contrast of how I think people's knowledge of colored diamonds are changing,
I have a 1.6ct round concave cut morganite (cut by Richard Homer) It's set in a diamond pave solitaire setting and I'm frequently asked if it's a pink diamond.  (to which I laugh and inform them it's a morganite and have to explain what a morganite is)

I so agree with this.  I've had friends ask me what kind of stone I have (Y-Z as well).  Fortunately the two trusted jewelers I use for local things both did well by saying that it was a beautiful yellow diamond and what shade was it?  One was totally shocked that it wasn't at least a fancy light yellow.  The other grabbed my hand and said "Let me look at that" then going on to how nice it was.  She showed me her faint green.  The not so good stores, well some just say "oh we don't sell those"  I did get a good comment at Tiffany and how they were going to start carrying more yellows regularly.

In general I've seen very few natural colored diamonds though quite a few irradiated.

I still love it and love being a bit "different"