The inlaid jadeite is naturally much cheaper than the average person taking one or two pieces at a time. Both labor costs and gold prices will be much cheaper than one or two.
And if merchants and mosaic masters cooperate for a long time, others' prices will be cheaper. Anyone who is not familiar with the mosaic master is naturally expensive.
Therefore, generally speaking, it is normal to use bare stone jadeite as inlay more expensive than the finished products of those shippers.
However, although the general situation is like this, it does not mean that if you buy a finished product inlaid with jade, you will definitely be able to buy a cheaper price than your own use.
After all, businesses have to make money, and to be honest, when they are not familiar with you, they are not necessarily willing to sell the inlaid finished products to you cheaply.
Therefore, Cui You, who likes setting jadeite, is more suitable for buying finished jadeite directly or setting it himself.
This depends on the actual situation. If the style you like can get a cheap finished product price, you will naturally buy the finished product, but when you buy it, you should check whether the bare stone has any defects.
If there are some micro-flaws, can you accept them yourself, such as black spots like the one above? We can't think that we have found it just because we see a bargain. Don't forget, things often have a reason.
If we can't accept the micro-flaws found, or the style of the finished product is not what we like, then we can meet again, or we can buy bare stones and bring them to inlay ourselves.
When buying jadeite, you must like it before buying it, especially the inlaid jadeite. It's best to know whether you like this style or not.
Why is the cost of the same mosaic process different?
Friends who don't know much about it may think that jade buttons are all the same. In fact, these gold buttons are also different, some with diamonds, some without diamonds, some with thick gold as shown in the figure, some with thin gold as before, some with big buttons and some with small buttons. After noticing these differences, everyone will know why the cost of the same gold-inlaid buttons may be much different.
In fact, it is very simple to sum up. If you use more money, the cost will naturally be expensive, and if you use less money, the cost will naturally be less. Therefore, we can learn a lesson here in turn. To buy jade with a gold buckle, you should see for yourself whether the gold buckle is thin or thick, big or small, and whether the added money matches the gold buckle. Don't think that everything will be fine when you see the golden buckle. This is also a detail that should be paid attention to when choosing gold inlaid jade.
After talking about the simplest gold buckle with gold inlay, let's talk about this all-inlaid jade. Jade Buddha inlaid like this is also very common in the market, and many young ladies like to buy it. Many friends will think that this kind of three-layer gold-inlaid diamond is very luxurious. However, it also has details to be determined. Although it has a three-layer shape, we should carefully look at the thickness of gold. If it is a thin three-layer, the gold-inlaid shape is actually very easy to deform.
A friend once bought this kind of Buddha inlaid with gold, but when she got it, the gold in the lower three floors was squashed. She thinks it's that design. I told her that it was because the gold was too thin that she understood what was going on. So don't look at such a beautiful and luxurious appearance. In fact, if you use a thin gold plate, it is very easy to deform. It is better to buy a layer of jade inlaid with gold, which is really durable.
How to calculate the cost of jade jewelry inlay
Emerald and other bare stone jewelry inlay cost calculation method is the same. First of all, what material is used for inlay? Common is 18K gold+diamond. In the wholesale market in Guangzhou, the price of 18K gold changes with the change of international quotation every day, and recently it basically fluctuates up and down per gram of 330 yuan. The diamonds used for inlay are basically broken diamonds, regardless of grade. A 3cm diamond 67 yuan, a 5cm diamond 13 yuan, which is almost the normal price. Then there is the labor fee. The price of ring pendants in common styles ranges from 120 to 150 yuan, and the more complicated ones are 200 yuan. It is basically composed of three parts: gold fee+drilling fee+labor fee. As for silver inlaid zircon, silver inlaid Mo three diamonds and so on, the price is much cheaper, the labor cost is a few dollars, and silver is also a few dollars a gram.
After inlay, it is necessary to issue a certificate of finished product identification again to determine the gold content and the natural diamonds used.