7-19-2010
Hello Everyone;
Well it has been a very uneventful 3 weeks trying to build up my strength from my hospital adventure; needless to say that was my first stay in that place and I really never want to go back... Especially it being so unnecessary to start with but that is all I can say for now...
Now... on to business; I want to thank everyone that has sent me notes and has said their prayers for me; as I do believe in the power of prayer and I thank you all from the bottom of my heart.
Thank you to all the people at pricescope for all your kind words and heartfelt thoughts and prayers; you were always more than clients; you have become my friends and I do not forget my friends; just the ole country boy in me :)
I am hopefully back up to 65 percent; anyone wanting anything or have asked me to hold things please remind me as some of my emails got whacked by accident. Drugs are great for some things but memory is not one of them...
I will be listing a ton of gems soon and some really great bargains from my friend in Tanzania; cut in Sri Lanka and no windows; and in shapes you can easily mount in standard heads. They will be listed in NATIVE CUTS but are extremely great deals and I tested them all again to make sure they were not mistakenly identified...
Thank you all once again and I am truly BLESSED to be back, alive, and able to serve you all the best I can.
I went to see Paul Burton before my incident and got some very nice things from his personal collection; cabochon as well as rare gems faceted by him; he also cut the cabochons as well and they are very nice, rare, and to me very well priced; so check the GUEST CUTTER section for Paul's and Grey's things as both are adding many things they cut. I just have to take the pictures and load them. I hope to get at least 5 stones a day listed this week; so check it out; there will be many one of a kind gems in that section also.
This will be a fun year I feel for gemstones; seeing my stock has fallen and I earn so little in interest at the bank; I do feel the gems I have collected over the last 20 years is the only thing that has increased in value and believe me my portfolio is extremely diverse...Like precious metals at least I can look at them; they can make me smile; and they have never been worth nothing... That is why I work as hard as I can to keep the prices down and the quality up; to me that is the only way an investment can grow. Well at least that is what I was taught :)
Please feel free to ask questions and even ask for the best price; some I can do a little better on and some I can not; mainly because the material is not available any longer or just so pretty they can not be replicated. Many of our gems and rough came from very old collections that have had no treatment at all; so again it really makes some of these gems very rare.
Also check in on the REMASTERED section as that is the section where I bought larger parcels of very nice but poorly cut gems and re-cut what needed to make them more like they should be without windows, poor polish, etc. many times they are considerably less due to the less weight loss in cutting them from raw rough. All gems have been thoroughly tested in my lab; but of course feel free to take them to your lab or GG for verification. As always full money back no hassle return policy as no one should have to pay for a gem they do not like or is not as stated.
Thank you all once again for all your support as I am here to please you all the best I can in your purchase of a natural well cut gem.
Most Respectfully;
Dana M. Reynolds
American Society of Gem Cutters
Certified Supreme Master Gem Cutter #96CGE42