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How to Buy a Diamond

Insider Secrets for Getting Your Money's Worth

by Fred Cuellar
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Buying a diamond can be one of the most important and intimidating purchases you ever make. Whether you're getting engaged or buying for an anniversary, investment or "just because," How to Buy a Diamond will take the pressure and uncertainty out of getting the best diamond for your money.

Newly revised and updated, How to Buy a Diamond is the only book on the market to include wholesalers' secret pricing charts that you, the public, never get to see! The charts are broken down by carat, clarity, and color —including the various types of color within each color grade.

This eighth edition includes:

  • Matching your funds with the perfect diamond
  • The four Cs explained: clarity, color, cut and carat size
  • Ring styles and settings
  • Grade bumping: what it is and how to spot it
  • Picking the right jeweler
  • Jewelers' tricks of the trade
  • Wholesaler' secret pricing charts!

    • Praise for How to Buy a Diamond:

    "Finally, one of the top diamond experts breaks the silence and demystifies the world of diamonds for regular folk like you and me." —Gregory J.P. Godek, author of 1001 Ways to Be Romantic

    "Whenever anybody asks me about buying a diamond, I give them this book." —Rob Bates, National Jeweler

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    • Release date

      November 6, 2018

    • Formats

      • Kindle Book

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        • ISBN: 9781492667346

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        • ISBN: 9781492667346
        • File size: 2769 KB

    • Languages

      • English

    • Reviews

      • Library Journal

        March 15, 1997
        Buying guides for gems and jewelry appear on the market with some regularity, and these two are similar in scope and content to their predecessors. Cuellar, founder and president of Diamond Cutters International, covers the standard topics of the four Cs (carat, clarity, color, cut), as well as the fifth C, cost. Various chapters focus on everything from ring settings to insurance, investment, and selling diamonds; other tidbits include carat size charts and even a list of 101 ways to be romantic. This serious yet lighthearted guide is geared to anyone looking for inside information on purchasing a diamond. Matlins's (Jewelry and Gems, LJ 5/1/94) work is equally informative yet more serious in nature. Each of the seven parts focuses on a variety of topics from the historical significance of pearls to pearl types and quality, from selection to caring for and wearing pearls. The two most important sections deal with insider tips and advice from the experts and what to ask when purchasing pearls. Other features include price guides, special charts, and a special color photograph section. Both of these books are suitable for public libraries.--Stephen Allan Patrick, East Tennessee State Univ. Lib., Johnson City

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