Rare Gem Investments

New York, Calgary, Dubai, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Johannesburg

Investment grade gems are the most concentrated source of wealth in history!  

With investment grade gems, you have the ability to carry millions around your neck, on your fingers or in your pocket.  This is fantastic to know during times of political unrest and plummeting and/or unstable currencies.  With immense durability, stones are easily and safely stored and transported.  As well, there are no reporting requirements for investment grade gems.

The “Smart Money” is seeking hard assets. 

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Dealer Activity 


The activity at the dealer level so far this spring can be summed up with one word: brisk. Sales through the dealer network of good quality pinks, yellows, blues and champagnes continues to outpace supply and certain color categories, such as highly graded greens, oranges and purples are very difficult to source in the market as dealer asking prices continue to rise in the major trading centers in Tel Aviv, Antwerp and New York.

Some of the interesting dealer offerings we have seen in the last month: 
•    We saw a 1 carat plus I1 graded, heart shaped Fancy Vivid Orange Yellow offered for over $50,000 USD per carat. 
•    0.74 carat Fancy Intense Blue Flawless diamond asking $300,000 per carat. 
•    0.65 carat Fancy Intense purplish Pink of VS clarity asking $141,500 per carat.

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Auction Season, Market Conditions & Colored Diamonds

As auction season begins in New York and Hong Kong, sales at the two major auctions for Christie's and Sotheby's showed very solid results. With sales in Hong Kong topping $100 million and sales in New York reaching over $60 million, rare colored diamond sales at the spring auctions look to again outpace sales in 2013. A wide array of greens, blues, yellows, oranges pinks and champagne diamonds highlighted both sales, with some very interesting results in the medium price range of the market...

 

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