Diamonds are valuable; we all know that. However, did you know that trying to sell a diamond second hand is difficult? They do not retain the same value as purchasing one from a retailer. By contacting Pack-It Post It, we can value your old wedding rings or certified diamonds and offer you a price to buy them from you.
Antique diamonds are old diamonds mined and cut between the 1300s and the 1930s. They have a much clearer distinguishing feature of not being as clean-cut, sparkly, or fashionable as modern cut diamonds. Antique diamonds host more significant facets due to the more restrictive tools and technology used to produce them in their time. Due to this lack of technology, the sharp facet of a modern diamond helps make it appear cleaner and more sparkly.
Old European cut diamonds can cost slightly less than their modern counterparts. This is because antique diamonds are already mined, cut, and produced, removing a lot of the labour and additional overhead costs involved in creating a new diamond.
Antique diamonds offer a different experience to their modern counterparts, with hand-cut facets that affect light differently. Other than antique diamonds being more affordable than modern diamonds, they are still unquestionably the more economical choice and support an ethical and sustainable methodology. The diamond trade in contemporary history has inflated its worth to match fashion and trends. Suppose you are considering diamonds for a wedding ring. Wouldn't you rather have something rarer and more significant than a mass cut modern diamond?
You may have heard of blood diamonds, which are diamonds that have been illegally traded sometime in the last fifty years. However, many people have avoided conflict diamonds by ethically reusing vintage and antique diamonds mined before the 1970s.
Diamonds are worth more if you can provide a certification of authenticity with them; however, not having one doesn't prevent you from sending in your diamonds for appraisal. We look out for certified diamonds when assessing your antique diamonds. Still, our industry experts have all the required skills to pick out diamonds from the rough. These include GIA diamonds, rigorously tested through a prestigious grading process. We are also not limited to diamonds still intact with old wedding rings or loose diamonds.
At Pack It Post It, we evaluate many diamonds to investigate their age, whether they are conflict, blood, or vintage or antique diamonds. They all have a story and could be connected to family heritage, passed down through wedding rings or jewellery, and could have cultural or family significance attached to them. If you are interested in parting with your antique diamonds, you can send them to us for evaluation. You may have an item that you aren't sure if it is an authentic diamond or not, or not sure on its age, it may not be as old as your think it is, or it could be damaged in ways you cannot recognise. Industry experts in their fields carry out our appraisals, so you can safely know that your items will be appropriately assessed. It can often be hard to evaluate diamonds to the untrained eye, mainly when many convincing diamond replacements are available. We have specialist safe delivery options for valuable stones for you to choose from too. If you want to get the process underway but are unsure how to start, feel free to contact us at admin@packitpostit.co.uk or drop us a call at 08001125512, we can't wait to hear from you.
If you like the idea of getting cash for your vintage memorabilia, collectibles and antique furniture, order a seller pack and send us your items using our prepaid postage labels or select the option for a home visit if they’re too large to pack and post.
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