Joden Girl
Baubles and Bling with Unbelievable Pricing
For the last few weeks we have been revisiting some of our favorite pieces with new and updated pricing leading up to the holiday season. This is the very last “sale” item of 2023. Due to mixed reviews of this particular jewel, I feel compelled to combine this final edition of the “Pick of the Week” with “Hot or Not”.
“Hot or Not” is super fun! I share a piece that is a bit unusual, weird, outrageous, bizarre, out-of-style… dare I say “ugly”? Just like every other blog piece, I break it down, analyzing each element: the rocks, metal, benefits and drawbacks. These informative bits of information are peppered with the detailed photos that Dana has taken, highlighting the piece from every angle. Finally, I ask you the ultimate question… it it hot? Or not?
Today, as I was snapping a series of terribly unskilled and unflattering shots of this bracelet with my phone, Joe and I had a mini version of the “Hot or Not” process, each of us decidedly on opposing sides of the quandary. That’s when I knew that you guys were going to have to be the tie-breaker.
Shown on my wrist, there’s no question that this bracelet is eye-catching. Even just in physical size, this piece measures 7.5 inches in length and over half an inch wide…. and every single bit of it is covered with glittering gems. Set in 18-karat white and yellow gold, these sparklers are set in horizontal rows of seven stones each. The rows are arranged in groups of three that alternate from one color to another and back again.
There are 210 near colorless diamonds that have a combined weight of 8.76 carats. Next, there are 224 natural colored diamonds that provide an additional 9.34 carats of diamond weight. Ranging from fancy yellow to fancy intense yellow, these diamonds are indeed colorful. In our spirited conversation, one of us truly admired and appreciated the deep golden saturation of those diamonds, and one of us remarked that the color looked more like citrine or perhaps yellow sapphire than fancy yellow diamonds.
The construction is superior, of that there is no doubt. Each stone is held in place with four individual prongs – no stones share prongs. In addition, the bracelet is in superb, like-new condition with little to no signs of wear. The question here isn’t about quality, it’s about style.
This bracelet has been evaluated by the International Gemological Institute of America; they assessed the retail replacement value at $56,460.00. Purchased in the second-hand market, we have had it listed on our site for more than two years for $42,800.00… a great deal for an 18-karat gold piece containing 18.10 carats of fine diamonds. Today, we are offering it at the further discounted price of just $38,500.00. This price that has brought me once again to the ultimate question – Is it hot? Or not? If your answer is “hot”, hop on over to our site and take advantage of this unbelievable price!
“You can go to a museum and look, or come to us and touch.”
Written by Carrie Martin
Photos by Dana Jerpe
