There are expensive engagement rings, and then there are really expensive engagement rings. If you are looking for the most expensive engagement ring money can buy, be prepared to have a few million in the bank that you don’t know what else to do with. It also helps if you’re a Hollywood celebrity or the CEO of a major oil company.
But for those of you out there who don’t have a clue how to go about finding an expensive engagement ring, here’s a short handy guide for your benefit. Please use it wisely!
Diamonds Are Your Best Friend
When it comes to the most expensive engagement rings, diamonds reign supreme. As beautiful as rubies and sapphires might be, nothing beats the brilliance (and expense) of a flawlessly clear diamond. Diamond is the hardest and longest-lasting natural material known to exist. Therefore, it is the engagement ring of of choice by those looking to spend the biggest bucks.
Bigger Is More Expensive?
With diamonds, that’s not necessarily true. To truly push its price into the stratosphere, a diamond must have four factors that are perfect or nearly perfect. These are the four C’s: Cut, Clarity, Color, and Carats.
Of course the more carats a diamond has, the more expensive it tends to be. (One carat = 200 milligrams or 0.2 grams) But without a flawless cut and perfect clarity, more carats won’t help much. And on top of that, there’s the color. Very expensive engagement rings are made with perfectly colorless diamonds, or else diamonds sporting an exotic color like blue, yellow, or rarer still – pink. You can even find chocolate diamond jewelry, although brown is not the most expensive color for diamonds.
Go For Pink or Blue
The most expensive diamond engagement rings are colored in pink or blue. Of all the colored diamonds, pink is the most expensive of them all. It’s brilliance and sparkle makes it a truly remarkable stone. Blue is also quite rare, and very expensive too. Blue diamonds have a starting cost of about $30,000 per carat, while truly outstanding examples can run upwards of a quarter million dollars per carat.
Stick With Platinum
Another way to make the price skyrocket is to use platinum as the metal for the ring. Platinum is the strongest and most indestructible metal to be found, which makes it the most expensive metal to buy. Platinum will keep its brilliant sheen and luster for a long time, whereas women’s and mens white gold rings will need re-plating at some point, and yellow gold is even softer and more easily damaged. The most expensive engagement rings are made from platinum, because no other metal says “forever” like platinum does.
Oldies But Goodies
Then there are antique diamond engagement rings. These are perfect, and expensive, choices for anyone who values a gorgeous ring setting rendered in intricate detail. Especially when the setting is detailed around a very large, expensive diamond.
If you decide to buy an antique ring, you are likely to make an investment that increases in value over time because, quite literally, “they don’t make ‘em like they used to”. The incredible attention to detail evident with antique rings is considered way too expensive to duplicate today.
Start Saving Now
So how would you go about finding the most expensive engagement ring of all? Simple. Just look for a pink diamond set in exquisitely detailed antique platinum. So listen up, all good boyfriends (or girlfriends) ! Be on the lookout for lots of extra ways to make money and start saving it up right now, because a good marriage will last a lifetime. So naturally you will want to choose an expensive engagement ring that will last a lifetime with you.
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