GCX Fancy Diamonds Articles.

1. Since record keeping began in the 1970s, colored
diamonds have appreciated at about 10 to 15 percent per
year. ÒYellow diamonds have doubled in value every seven
years,Ó he says. ÒReds, blues and greens have seen the
greatest appreciation, having quadrupled within the last
decade.Ó
Colored Diamonds: An InsiderÕs Guide 06/11/11
ÒChinese demand has helped more than
double the prices of rare diamonds over
the past 5 years, according to an industry
group, as Chinese investors look for
places to park their growing wealth.Ó
Hot Rocks: China Revs Diamond Market
02/20/12
ÒChinese and Indian appetite for diamonds will fuel
demand growth of more than 6 percent a year over the
next decade and almost double the size of the market, far
outpacing supply increases limited by a lack of new mines,Ó
Bain & Company said in a report.
Diamond Demand To Outpace Supply Growth To 2020 12/06/11
ÒIt has been the same forever,Ó [Graff] says. ÒWhether it was
royal families in different parts of the world, or today, when
people worry that their dollars are worth nothing, they
want assets that will increase in value - silent assets that
you can put in your pocket because tomorrow, anything
can go wrong.Ó
The King of Really Big Diamonds Heads to China
06/18/11
ÒDiamond prices are poised to rise for
the next four years, outpacing gold, as
increased spending on luxury goods in
China, India and the Middle East outpaces
supplies of the precious stone.Ó analysts
said.
Diamonds to Outpace Gold on Asia Spending
12/26/11
ÒAccording to the Gemological Institute of America, demand for
colored diamonds has been unprecedented. Even if you can
afford a Pink diamond you may have to wait. Even the
Argyle Mine which provides 95% of these colored diamonds
doesnÕt have many of them.Ó
Toys of the Super Rich 01/27/04
ÒInvestment diamonds are set to outperform
the market once again in 2011, rising 20
percent since the beginning of the year.Ó
Diamonds Outperform in 2011 12/20/11
ÒThe polished diamond demand in the country is set to double
by 2020 from the current $1.3 billion to $3 billion. Diamonds
are also becoming a commodity for investment because there
is no risk of price volatility as compared to gold.Ó
Diamonds Now a Cut Above Gold 03/11/12
Yellow, pink and blue diamonds are catching the eye of investors
around the world. ÒThis is associated with the fact that currency is
losing its value, government bonds are at risk, and nations are losing
wealth.Ó ÒColoured diamonds are piquing investorsÕ interest
because they are more difÞcult to Þnd in nature that white diamonds.Ó
Coloured Diamonds Becoming InvestorÕs Best Friend 03/10/12
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2. Sotheby’s Oct. 2011 Hong Kong
auction received a record price
for a 6.01-carat fancy vivid blue
d i am on d , b e at i ng Jo s e p h
Lau’s blue purchased just
1 7 m o n t h s e a r l i e r,
w h i c h s o l d t o a n
unnamed buyer for
$10.1 million, or
$1.68 million per
carat.
T h e h i s t o r i c ,
3 5 . 5 6 - c ar at blu e
d i a m o n d
d i s a p p e a r e d f r o m
t h e p u b l i c e y e f o r
nearly 50 years until it
r e s u r f a c e d i n 2 0 0 8 a t
C h r i s t i e ’s a u c t i o n . J e w e l e r
Laurence Graff, who purchased
it, set a world record price at
t he t i me for any j e wel e ve r
auctioned, of $24.3 million.
A 24.78-carat fancy intense pink
diamond sold at Sotheby’s Nov. 16
2010 auction of jewels in Geneva. Not
seen on the open market for 60
years, it was estimated to sell
for between 27 million
Swiss francs and 38
m i l l i o n f r a n c s . It
fetched 45.4 million
francs, more than any
jewel ever auctioned,
with the winning big
coming from jeweler
Laurence Graff.
The fancy intense pink
color led this 14.23-carat
diamond to fetch $23.1
million at Christie’s Hong Kong in
Nov. 2010, the highest price for any
jewel sold at auction in Asia. So far
only 18 pink diamonds bigger than 10
carats have ever gone on the block in 244
years of auction history.
A 7.03-carat fancy vivid blue diamond ring sold from Sotheby’s in May
2009, just 8 months after Lehman Brothers filed the largest bankruptcy in
American history, to Joseph Lau for an eye-popping $9,448,754, setting the
world record for the highest price ever paid for a blue diamond at the time.
The top lot of Christie’s 2011 New York sale, a 32.77-carat fancy vivid
yellow diamond, sold for $6,578,500 to a buyer who requested anonymity.
e golden yellow hue of this large pear-shaped stone is so intense and so deep that the
Gemological Institute of America (GIA) ranks it amongst the rarest of gemstones in its class.
At $2.1 million per carat, the 5 carat fancy vivid pink diamond set a new
auction record for the highest per carat price ever paid for any diamond
when it sold at Christie”s Hong Kong in Dec. 2009 for $10.8 million.
A rare 110.30-carat yellow diamond known as the Sun-Drop has sold at
auction in Geneva in Nov. 2011 for just over $12.3 million. Sotheby’s
auctioneer David Bennett said the sum - paid by an anonymous
telephone bidder - set a world record for a yellow diamond.
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