Another discount on both of these rubies:
$10,300 for the 1.64 carat Burmese ruby, and $775 for the 1.24 carat unheated Mozambican ruby.
On the 1.24 carat unheated Mozambican ruby, I will pay registered air mail shipping. If you want FedEx and insurance, I will charge extra for that. I always suggest insuring ruby for full retail value- what it would cost in the West to replace the stone. $2,000 is a reasonable retail price for the Mozambican ruby.
Wild Fish Gems is one of the most respected names in natural ruby. Edward Bristol is a fair and honest man, but with such a large inventory of stones his ovehead is much higher than mine. I rarely have more than a few high-quality rubies in stock at any given time, and this limits my investment but also allows me to sell for modest prices.
http://www.naturalunheatedruby.com/1-01---1-49?cmx=101&start=0Unlike Edward, I sell most of my ruby to people in the trade instead of the general public. I have found that if you leave enough room for your customer to make money on the stones you sell, you build a nice network of dealers who buy regularly. Wild Fish Gems is an excellent retail source of ruby.