This Diamond Ring

[Lanzy]

@dracoi

Have you considered having it redesigned in some way? Since the resale value is going to suck no matter what, and you probably don’t want to keep the ring as-is given its history, this might be a good third option. You could take it to a jeweler who can use the diamonds and gold to make a new ring, ear rings, necklace, etc. That won’t be cheap either, but it’s better than losing $2,000 now and putting another $3,600 down for the next attempt at matrimony.

Our family did something like this with an inherited ring from a grandmother. Nobody wanted it as it was - she had taken some good diamonds from an old wedding ring, and added several crappy low-quality diamonds for bulk, with a result that made the whole ring look like cheap costume jewelry. We let the jeweler keep the crappy diamonds and had the higher-quality stones reset in a new design. The finished product looked ten times better, cost only a few hundred for the jeweler’s time and made an impressive graduation present for one of the grand-kids.

Not a bad idea, thanks.

[zoid]

Well, there you go.
No link?