Wow… I’m so late, I thought everyone would have been here by now…
and that almost anything that could be said would already have been said…
about the March 11th 2020 “CLEO and COMPANY” …. on Sherpa.
But there’s still room for more…
However… though I get the feeling that tonight’s Cleo commenters might agree with me…
I’m hesitant to say too much about “chocolate diamonds” because the minute I do,
somebody will have just bought or received one, and will think it’s the best thing since Hershey kisses, and I’ll be in trouble.
But if you haven’t, and you’re thinking of it….
well… just bear in mind that while “chocolate” diamonds are (supposedly) the best brown diamonds out there…
25 or 30 years ago, ANY brown diamonds were only sold for cutting tools, watch parts, and other industrial uses.
Then ONE company, Le Vian, invented a grading scale and named them “Chocolate”, with a massive marketing campaign….
and voila! … industrial diamonds were gemstones… a “bargain” at “only” half the price of colorless stones, and they sounded delicious.
Are they wonderful? If YOU love them, I guess so.
Diamonds don’t perform miracles, protect you from bullets …. not even cure coronaviruses…
ask Cleo what she thinks about a diamond and she’ll say it’s not very filling.
Diamonds only sell for thousands of dollars because, rather like paper money, people agree that they’re “worth” it.
That’s OK… it works, as long as we agree.
I used to sell vintage jewelry… not often diamonds, but I’ve looked at lots of stones.
Personally, I’d buy a vintage diamond over a new one… it’s way cheaper and the stone is just as sparkly and pretty.
They don’t wear out.
But you won’t find a vintage brown stone… not in jewelry, anyway.
20 years ago, people would have laughed at it.
Just like Claude.
Wow… I’m so late, I thought everyone would have been here by now…
and that almost anything that could be said would already have been said…
about the March 11th 2020 “CLEO and COMPANY” …. on Sherpa.
But there’s still room for more…
However… though I get the feeling that tonight’s Cleo commenters might agree with me…
I’m hesitant to say too much about “chocolate diamonds” because the minute I do,
somebody will have just bought or received one, and will think it’s the best thing since Hershey kisses, and I’ll be in trouble.
But if you haven’t, and you’re thinking of it….
well… just bear in mind that while “chocolate” diamonds are (supposedly) the best brown diamonds out there…
25 or 30 years ago, ANY brown diamonds were only sold for cutting tools, watch parts, and other industrial uses.
Then ONE company, Le Vian, invented a grading scale and named them “Chocolate”, with a massive marketing campaign….
and voila! … industrial diamonds were gemstones… a “bargain” at “only” half the price of colorless stones, and they sounded delicious.
Are they wonderful? If YOU love them, I guess so.
Diamonds don’t perform miracles, protect you from bullets …. not even cure coronaviruses…
ask Cleo what she thinks about a diamond and she’ll say it’s not very filling.
Diamonds only sell for thousands of dollars because, rather like paper money, people agree that they’re “worth” it.
That’s OK… it works, as long as we agree.
I used to sell vintage jewelry… not often diamonds, but I’ve looked at lots of stones.
Personally, I’d buy a vintage diamond over a new one… it’s way cheaper and the stone is just as sparkly and pretty.
They don’t wear out.
But you won’t find a vintage brown stone… not in jewelry, anyway.
20 years ago, people would have laughed at it.
Just like Claude.