How to Buy a Diamond

Insider Secrets for Getting Your Money's Worth

Fred Cuellar

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Sourcebooks, Inc
06 November 2018

Weddings, wedding planners

"One of the most comprehensive diamond buying guides on the market, from a leading and trusted diamond expert

Buying a diamond can be one of the most important and intimidating purchases you ever make. Whether you're getting engaged or buying for an anniversary, investment or ""just because,"" How to Buy a Diamond will take the pressure and uncertainty out of getting the best diamond for your money.

Newly revised and updated, How to Buy a Diamond is the only book on the market to include wholesalers' secret pricing charts that you, the public, never get to see! The charts are broken down by carat, clarity, and color -including the various types of color within each color grade.

This eighth edition includes- Matching your funds with the perfect diamond The four Cs explained- clarity, color, cut and carat size Ring styles and settings Grade bumping- what it is and how to spot it Picking the right jeweler Jewelers' tricks of the trade Wholesaler' secret pricing charts!"

By: Fred Cuellar
Imprint: Sourcebooks, Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 8th edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 38mm
ISBN: 9781492667339
ISBN 10: 1492667331
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 06 November 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

FRED CUELLAR is president of Diamond Cutters International and a top diamond expert. He is accredited in diamonds by the Gemological Institute of America. Cuellar is the official diamond expert for MSNBC, Men's Health, The Knot, and The Wedding Network.

Reviews for How to Buy a Diamond: Insider Secrets for Getting Your Money's Worth

"""Whenever anybody asks me about buying a diamond, I give them this book. It's filled with a lot of common sense, practical advice. Diamond buying can be difficult. This book can help."" - Rob Bates, Editor, National Jeweler magazine ""This book helps make dreams come true."" - Houston Chronicle ""Get a diamond education!"" - New Man Promise Keepers ""Educate yourself before you make the big purchase."" - Money's Worth ""Inside information on purchasing a diamond."" - Library Journal ""If diamond buying figures into your future...How to Buy a Diamond...gets you your money's worth."" - Tribune Media Services ""Expert advice for diamond buyers."" - Tribune Review ""Spending even thirty minutes with How to Buy a Diamond can save anyone time, aggravation, and hard-earned money."" - Black Elegance ""A cut above."" - Dallas Morning News ""Takes the intimidation out of diamond shopping."" - Mobile Register ""How to Buy a Diamond offers consumers an easy-to-understand crash course in the basics of diamonds and diamond shopping."" - Orlando Sentinel ""The book enables a person to walk into a jeweler's store with confidence and to walk out with the right diamond at the right price."" - Argus Press ""How to Buy a Diamond-give this to him early!"" - Woman ""If we didn't believe in the book, we wouldn't sell it!"" - American Museum of Natural History, New York ""Pure genius!"" - Erno Rubik, inventor of the Rubik's Cube ""Simply fantastic!"" - Jim Harris, cofounder, Compaq Computers ""He's what people are talking about."" - USA Today ""He knows more about diamonds than I know about romance!"" - Greg J. P. Godek, author of 1001 Ways to Be Romantic ""Saved me thousands on my diamond purchase!"" - Doug Brown, Hoboken, NJ"