Diamonds Guides

  This is our brand new Fancy Color Diamonds Investment Guide!

Yellow diamonds – widely referred to as canary diamonds – are well known in pop culture, and are steadily growing in popularity among the general public. In fact, yellow diamonds can be credited with sparking the entire Fancy diamond trend altogether.   First of all, how do yellow diamonds get their color? Well, as is […]

For the last 2 months, auction results from Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Bonham’s have been making big headlines. Christie’s set a new world record when it auctioned off in excess of $100 million of diamonds at its Magnificent Jewels, where the “Princie Diamond” a 34.62 carats pink diamond was sold for almost $40 million. Bonham’s also […]

On part 2 we’ve discussed the features of diamonds and determing a budget. To read part 1 click here To read part 2 click here   How is the Value set for a Fancy Color Diamond?   While the 4 C’s are indicating the value of white diamonds, the Cut and the Clarity are less […]

Fancy Investment – Part 2 In our previous newsletter we discussed Fancy Color diamonds as an investment route and we discussed 3 main forms of doing so:    1.   Single stone investment    2.   Investing in a collection of stones    3.   Investing in Unique estate jewelry with a Fancy color diamond […]

In the competitive world of colored diamonds and high-end diamond jewelry, helping your clients overcome objections can be challenging; even more so in a slow economy.   The understanding that when clients object, what they are really telling you is, that they lack confidence in the value of the investment or even the market itself. […]

November is the second busiest month of the year for all of us. We assist our customers finding the most necessary diamonds for their orders. So once again and since the next newsletter will be at the end of December, We want to wish all of you VERY successful Holidays in terms of business and […]

Part 3 Fancy colored diamonds are a smart investment for long term investors. We have already discussed the significance of investing in a single fancy color diamond. Today we will take this notion further and focus on investing in a set of a few fancy color diamonds. First, it’s important to remember that not all […]

Fancy Colored Diamonds: An Introduction to the Dazzling Desire   What is mankind’s fascination with diamonds? What is it about a diamond that makes men lie, cheat, and steal, to obtain them? The word “adamas” was used by the Greek poet Hesiod in the 8th Century BC to describe the diamond and it was Pliny […]

Antique Jewelry Investment   In our previous two newsletters we discussed the appropriate ways in which to invest in Fancy Colored Diamonds (FCDs). Today we would like to talk about the third way: investing in antique jewelry which is set with fancy color diamonds. Before we begin we must point out that although we specialize […]

Customers constantly ask us questions regarding fancy colored diamonds, pricing, grading and rarity. Here are a number of recurring questions, and their answers:   Q: How does color grading (intensity of color) affect pricing? A: In terms of cost there is a correlation between intensity grading and price from Faint – Fancy Vivid (intensity gradings) […]

In the first part we’ve talked about the history of diamonds and introduced how they became so desired by man kind. we also mentioned why diamonds are the best investment in our time. To read part one click here Fancy Color diamond buying guide – Part 2 One need not be a diamond expert to […]

Part 1 Due to their rarity and unique market, the prices of fancy color diamonds have not gone down during the past thirty years at the dealer level. On the contrary, prices for the finest quality colored diamonds have increased in value by an average of between 10%-15% per year. This means that some have, […]