I had a couple of difficult demands when my fiance and I started shopping for engagement rings last year. One was that I wanted a non-conflict diamond and the other was that I wanted a cushion cut diamond in an antique-like setting. We went to *all* the area stores (Alpha Omega, Shreve Crump & Lowe, the diamond district downtown, etc.), but just couldn't find what we were looking for and the quality that we wanted. Finally, by chance, we happened to stumble into Baak Gallery where Katarina greeted us and told me that she had a large selection of Canadia cushion cut diamonds (as well as many other cuts) and could custom make a ring to our design. From there on out, we had the most marvelous time - we immediately found a beautiful cushion cut stone and then Katarina helped us with the drawing and designing of the ring which only took one other visit by me to finalize. We were anxious about what the end result would be, but the ring came out *exactly* how I envisioned it and the workmanship was amazing and detailed and exquisitely fine (it's platinum with lots of pave diamonds all around so the workmanship was key). I don't know the exact price, but my fiance tells me that of all the places we visited, Katarina gave him the best deal for the product that we ended up with. I highly highly recommend Baak Gallery for not only the large selection of Canadian non-conflict diamonds, but also the customer service (Katarina is the best), quality, and pricing.
Pros: largest selection of Canadian non-conflict diamonds anywhere in Boston (and the U.S. actually), great workmanship, great pricing
Cons: none!
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